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[–] 5 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Is “Came Up” capitalised as in “coming up on E”?

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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