From: tgpedersen
Message: 61919
Date: 2008-12-06
>In Danish too. When Danish was the only other language than German to
> --- On Sat, 12/6/08, Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...> wrote:
>
> > From: Arnaud Fournet <fournet.arnaud@...>
> > Subject: [tied] Anaphorics with a Capital
> > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 11:27 AM
> > I have read religious texts in Cyrillic alphabet written at
> > the end of the
> > XIXth century.
> >
> > I'm intrigued by the anaphorics He, His written with a
> > capital letter when
> > they refer to Jesus.
> > I may be wrong but it seems this feature does not exist in
> > western Europe
> > with texts written in French, English, German, etc.
> >
> . . .
> >
> > Arnaud
>
> It most definitely exists in English and Spanish. Everyday written
> Spanish doesn't always follow the rule, it's taught in schools. In
> English it's almost universally followed, except by strident
> atheists and those who want to make a point.