Re: UPPERCASE surname?
On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 01:32:58AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote:
> I think if the document is in English, then English style is just fine.
> The uppercase stuff may be appropriate in e.g. French, but I don't believe
> there's any rule in English that requires it.
No rule, but there is a convention. Quite a lot of people understand
the all-caps is the surname. I see it quite often in Australia, but
we're very close to Asia where you have the double problem that names
can be back to front and where names are important. For example my
applicants for the NM process from Asia I ask them to show the name that
way, if it isn't already like that.
Should we follow this convention? I'm not sure.
- Craig
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