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It's Just the 'internet' Now?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the check-with-saint-martin dept.

This morning Wired News announced that 'web', 'net', and 'internet' will no longer be capitalized in their stories. Is this the next logical step after ditching 'e-mail' in favor of 'email' , or should the global computer network still be treated with a proper name? For more discussion, see Wikipedia, The Chicago Manual, and an article profiling Joseph Turow's de-capitalization efforts.

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  1. Re:Next move... by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 0, Troll

    We refer to it as the Internet. Corporations have intranets. The capitalization conveys meaning. Wired's usage is wrong.

    Um... reread what you wrote. I don't necessarily agree with Wired's decision, but in that particular case, capitalization does not convey meaning. Spelling does. Internet vs intranet. So does the article: "the" vs "an". WTF are you talking about?

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  2. Re:Pacific Ocean or "pacific ocean"? by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Troll
    There are many presidents, but President as a title is capitalized, because it is used as a proper noun.

    No.

    Guardian Unlimited | Style guide:
    president lc except in title: President Bush, but George Bush, the US president.

  3. How uninteresting by joerg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Someone posted a story on Slashdot about some magazine's decicion to spell a few words a little bit different in the future. Anyone interested?

  4. Re:I'll just be happy if... by InfiniteWisdom · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thats right... the correct spelling is lusers.