tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post3434110507008506623..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Title Case: Another Reason the Makers of MS Word Will Be Damned for EternityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-10879827338438039582008-05-17T11:09:00.000-05:002008-05-17T11:09:00.000-05:00The algorithm’s gotten to you, too! Liner notes, s...The algorithm’s gotten to you, too! <BR/><BR/>Liner notes, song lyrics on sleeves, and other music packaging is notorious for being slapped together without much regard for punctuation. I wouldn’t be surprised if lots of song titles are now printed in “Title Case” (or all-capitals, which avoids the issue). <BR/><BR/>But that wasn’t always the way, as older sheet music, album covers, and programs show. Even now, there are some <A HREF="http://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/caps.html" REL="nofollow">sites trying to hold the line</A> for song titles. We don’t need to go down the road to “Night And Day” and “In The Mood”! <BR/><BR/>(I guess I should acknowledge that some reference authorities, such as the APA style guide and cataloguing-in-publication data, duck the challenge of capital letters in titles. They start titles with a capital letter and use capitals for proper nouns, but not on other significant words. All the official webpages I’ve seen about this seem mildly embarrassed by the practice, insisting it applies only to cataloguing.)J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-15806506694365888472008-05-17T10:43:00.000-05:002008-05-17T10:43:00.000-05:00I'm not totally sure why, but I've been convinced ...I'm not totally sure why, but I've been convinced that every word in a song title should be capitalized. I could very easily be wrong about that, though.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838510995365876113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-91390941379997995502008-05-16T09:44:00.000-05:002008-05-16T09:44:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link to the rules. I'm guilty of th...Thanks for the link to the rules. I'm guilty of this on occasion - especially in the heading of my blog posts where I go between capitalizing everything and doing it the, you know, right way.MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.com