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if 'nam is an abbreviation of Vietnam, shouldn't it be capitalised? if it isn't, what is it an abbreviation of? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.106.161|141.101.106.161]] 12:32, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | if 'nam is an abbreviation of Vietnam, shouldn't it be capitalised? if it isn't, what is it an abbreviation of? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.106.161|141.101.106.161]] 12:32, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | ||
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I think it should be "a god's 'Nam tables" because "God" means "the only god" and "a god" is one of many. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.13|108.162.221.13]] 12:40, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | I think it should be "a god's 'Nam tables" because "God" means "the only god" and "a god" is one of many. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.13|108.162.221.13]] 12:40, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | ||
::: "It felt like a Napoleon's Waterloo." You'll need a high-ranking grammar nazi to explain how this works exactly, though. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.114.138|162.158.114.138]] 16:41, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | ::: "It felt like a Napoleon's Waterloo." You'll need a high-ranking grammar nazi to explain how this works exactly, though. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.114.138|162.158.114.138]] 16:41, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | ||
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:::::This is all nice and well if you consider God a proper noun (again like Jack or Yaweh) but the reasoning may completely fall apart if you consider the capitalisation as a simple honorific form. The latter interpretation is however unlikely given the usage of God in the English language. To elaborate: if you try to replace God as used in some expressions with some general noun like "guy" as referring to a certain predetermined person, you will find that in some cases a reasonable substitution would be "the guy" rather than simply "guy": e.g.: "God is all forgiving" --> "The guy is all forgiving" ("Guy is all forgiving" seems to refer to a person named Guy, rather than to a specific guy, which corroborates the proper-noun thesis). | :::::This is all nice and well if you consider God a proper noun (again like Jack or Yaweh) but the reasoning may completely fall apart if you consider the capitalisation as a simple honorific form. The latter interpretation is however unlikely given the usage of God in the English language. To elaborate: if you try to replace God as used in some expressions with some general noun like "guy" as referring to a certain predetermined person, you will find that in some cases a reasonable substitution would be "the guy" rather than simply "guy": e.g.: "God is all forgiving" --> "The guy is all forgiving" ("Guy is all forgiving" seems to refer to a person named Guy, rather than to a specific guy, which corroborates the proper-noun thesis). | ||
− | + | :::::(Very sorry for the rant. Just a grammar Nazi sergeant, some things may be wrong or up for debate) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.65|162.158.152.65]] 17:10, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | |
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− | :::::(Very sorry for the rant. Just a grammar Nazi sergeant, some things may be wrong or up for debate [[Special:Contributions/162.158.152.65|162.158.152.65]] 17:10, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | ||
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:In the [[1632:_Palindrome#Trivia|trivia]] it mentions that there is a comma between the nam and tables in the original(?) post, and by the way 'Nam is capitalized there. So is it then God's Vietnam? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | :In the [[1632:_Palindrome#Trivia|trivia]] it mentions that there is a comma between the nam and tables in the original(?) post, and by the way 'Nam is capitalized there. So is it then God's Vietnam? --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:36, 20 January 2016 (UTC) | ||
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