Re: Topic for this list?

[Tomas Bautista <bautista@cma.ulpgc.es>]

On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:

> As far as I know, country names are uppercase, but language names are not.
> 
> Spain is a proper name (not a common name).
> spanish is and adjetive (not a name).
> 
> [ At least these are the rules for spanish, maybe the ones for english are
> different. One never knows... ]

Rules for English are different. Nicolás was right. I wouldn't want to
correct anybody, but English adjetives concerning nationalities are
written with the first letter in uppercase.

Try to look for the word Spanish in a dictionary and see how it is written
(mine says "Spanish" and not "spanish").

This is a very common confusion among Spanish speaking people. Exactly the
same confusion applies for months, for which people with Spanish as mother
language tend to write, for instance, "january" when it should be written
"January". 

Greetings,

   Tomás.

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