▲ 1038 ▼ "bird watching" goes both ways (mander.xyz) submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 5 points 7 months ago (7 children) Is “Came Up” capitalised as in “coming up on E”? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (4 children) I think it's just typical bad writing. The poster uses "it's" wrong just before using "its" correctly, doesn't capitalize at the start of sentences, weirdly capitalizes "own", etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago "it's" is an actual mistake, but the rest is Tumblr dialect permalink fedilink source parent [–] stray@pawb.social 1 point 7 months ago I don't speak Tumblr dialect natively and therefore can't explain it, but I do recognize it and can confirm that the capitalizations are done with explicit intent and meaning. None of them are random or accidental. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 point 7 months ago Huh, apparently it’s my curse to try to read meaning into every nuance of writing, regardless of whether any was intended. Stupid authors for training us to do this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* I'm pretty sure it's common for people to write phonetically. I commonly write "are" instead of "our", but I fix most of my mistakes during an edit. The "it's" mistake is also common, although that's usually a problem with my phone's auto complete. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago I think it's just a stylistic choice to show emphasis, like how every word in the last sentence of that paragraph is capitalized. Might be a tumblr thing. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stray@pawb.social 1 point 7 months ago Notice how every word in the second-to-last sentence of the first post is capitalized, and how a lack of capitalization is the default. This is to add emphasis and meaning in a way I can't quite describe. Like there's a big difference between referring to someone as "the boy" and "The Boy", but I can't explain it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (4 children) I think it's just typical bad writing. The poster uses "it's" wrong just before using "its" correctly, doesn't capitalize at the start of sentences, weirdly capitalizes "own", etc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MBM@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago "it's" is an actual mistake, but the rest is Tumblr dialect permalink fedilink source parent [–] stray@pawb.social 1 point 7 months ago I don't speak Tumblr dialect natively and therefore can't explain it, but I do recognize it and can confirm that the capitalizations are done with explicit intent and meaning. None of them are random or accidental. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 point 7 months ago Huh, apparently it’s my curse to try to read meaning into every nuance of writing, regardless of whether any was intended. Stupid authors for training us to do this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* I'm pretty sure it's common for people to write phonetically. I commonly write "are" instead of "our", but I fix most of my mistakes during an edit. The "it's" mistake is also common, although that's usually a problem with my phone's auto complete. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MBM@lemmings.world 4 points 7 months ago "it's" is an actual mistake, but the rest is Tumblr dialect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stray@pawb.social 1 point 7 months ago I don't speak Tumblr dialect natively and therefore can't explain it, but I do recognize it and can confirm that the capitalizations are done with explicit intent and meaning. None of them are random or accidental. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 point 7 months ago Huh, apparently it’s my curse to try to read meaning into every nuance of writing, regardless of whether any was intended. Stupid authors for training us to do this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BygoneNeutrino@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago* I'm pretty sure it's common for people to write phonetically. I commonly write "are" instead of "our", but I fix most of my mistakes during an edit. The "it's" mistake is also common, although that's usually a problem with my phone's auto complete. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago I think it's just a stylistic choice to show emphasis, like how every word in the last sentence of that paragraph is capitalized. Might be a tumblr thing. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stray@pawb.social 1 point 7 months ago Notice how every word in the second-to-last sentence of the first post is capitalized, and how a lack of capitalization is the default. This is to add emphasis and meaning in a way I can't quite describe. Like there's a big difference between referring to someone as "the boy" and "The Boy", but I can't explain it. permalink fedilink source parent