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Fix Those Caps, Man!

If you’re from the Saint Louis area, you probably know that since time began, there has always been an anti-abortion billboard somewhere at the I-55/I-270/I-255 interchange. It’s just a fact of life, like anti ageing cream.

And normally, I could not care less. I can ignore it just like I ignore every other billboard I don’t like. But this time, they’ve gone too far.

WTF is going on with that capitalization? Why have you randomly capitalized words in the middle of the sentence? Is it for emphasis? Because it’s just irritating to me. There are ways to emphasis what you consider important parts of your message. Perhaps you’ve heard of bold? Or even some italics to convey something special? (Okay, yeah, I hate italics too.) But still…

Murdering fetuses? You people are murdering the English language.
Knock it off!

This entry was posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm and is filed under Randomness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

6 Responses to “Fix Those Caps, Man!”

  1. Jenn Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 8:23 am

    I’m with you. Random capitalization drives me up a wall.

    P.S. Your last three sentences made me laugh out loud. Thanks. :D
    .-= Jenn´s last blog …Meet Ares =-.

    Patrick D. Reply:
    February 26th, 2010 at 3:05 am

    Then, my work here is done. (Seriously, thank you.)

  2. Melody Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Dude, I am glad I am not the only one who noticed that :)
    .-= Melody´s last blog …Your 2010 St. Louis Cardinals 101 =-.

  3. cinders Says:
    February 23rd, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    I think the baby’s name is Baby but the other words I’m lost on. But you know what would be even worse than random capitalization? Quotation marks for emphasis.

    Who holds Baby’s “Hand” “During” the “Abortion”?

    I did note while driving across Missouri that the billboards seemed to alternate between Jesus/Abortion and advertisements for porn shops. I’d say the ratio was about 1:1.

  4. Wendy Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 11:07 am

    Actually, I’m seriously offended by the double “??” I often feel I’m on a one man crusade against mulitple exclamation points (!! and !!!) and this is just a slap in the face.
    .-= Wendy´s last blog …A SSUG is Born =-.

    Patrick D. Reply:
    March 4th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Technically, in the world of Patrick, all punctuation at the end of sentences must be odd-numbered. For example, !! and ?? are wrong, but !!! and ??? are okay. Another example would be the … (note: three) at the end of most of my post titles.