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removes Incorrect or Unnecessary Capital Letters like These. Proper capitalisation is important to distinguish the general from the particular: the Earth goes round the Sun, and if there's too much sun the earth dries out and develops cracks.
Click on the red row of the grid to see articles on the letters of the English alphabet, which all use the following system:{{:English spellings/Accents}}
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==Articles I started==
''Language, using English pronunciation system shown above'': {{pl|Apostrophe|Apostrophe: in cluster}}; [[English spellings/Catalogs/Apostrophe|in lists]] {{pl|British and American English}} ¤ {{pl|English irregular nouns}} {{pl|English irregular verbs}} {{pl|English phonemes}} '''{{pl|English spellings}}''' (incorporating English pronunciation; many thanks to [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] for the [[English_spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist|above masterlist]]); [[English spellings/Accents]] {{pl|English verbs}} {{pl|French words in English}} {{pl|Hyphen}} {{pl|Silent and invisible letters in English}} {{pl|Spelling pronunciation}} {{pl|GH}} {{pl|Ñ}} {{pl|A (letter)|A}} {{pl|B (letter)|B}} {{pl|C (letter)|C}} {{pl|D}} {{pl|E (letter)|E}} {{pl|F}} {{pl|G (letter)|G}}  {{pl|H}} {{pl|I}} {{pl|J}} {{pl|K}} {{pl|L}} {{pl|M}} {{pl|N}}  {{pl|O}} {{pl|P}} {{pl|Q}} {{pl|R (letter)|R}} {{pl|S}} {{pl|T}} {{pl|U (letter)|U}} {{pl|V (letter)|V}} {{pl|W (letter)|W}} {{pl|X (letter)|X}} {{pl|Y (letter)|Y}} {{pl|Z (letter)|Z}}; ''Other language articles'': {{pl|Alphabet}} ¤ [[English language/Catalogs/Artworks known in English by a foreign title|Artworks known in English by a foreign title]] {{pl|Back-chaining}} {{pl|Colon (punctuation)}} {{pl|Commonwealth English}} {{pl|Cyrillic alphabet}} {{pl|English alphabet}} {{pl|Galician language|Galician}} {{pl|Glottal stop}} {{pl|Homophone}} {{pl|International Phonetic Alphabet}} {{pl|Italian language|Italian}} {{pl|Minimal pair}} {{pl|Nynorsk}} {{pl|Okina}} {{pl|Persian language|Persian}} {{pl|Principal parts (verb)}} {{pl|Schwa}}; ''Music'': {{pl|Cover version}} {{pl|Mezzo TV}} {{pl|Rock music}} {{pl|Skiffle}} {{pl|Instant Karma}}; {{pl|Bob Dylan}} {{pl|Captain Beefheart}} {{pl|Domenico Scarlatti}} {{pl|Frederick  Delius}} {{pl|Howlin' Wolf}} {{pl|Jean Sibelius}} {{pl|Kraftwerk}} {{pl|Leevi Madetoja}} {{pl|Ludwig van Beethoven}} {{pl|Miles Davis}} {{pl|Nico}}; ''Novelists'': {{pl|Franz Kafka}} {{pl|Ivy Compton-Burnett}} {{pl|Marcel Proust}}; ''Places'': {{pl|Burma}} {{pl|Cyprus}} {{pl|Malta}}; ''Food'': {{pl|Crisps}} {{pl|Portuguese roast suckling pig (leitão assado)|Leitão assado à Bairrada}} {{pl|Portuguese cod casserole (bacalhau à Gomes de Sá)}}; ''Chess'': {{pl|Chess960}} {{pl|En passant (chess)|En passant}}; ''Time'': {{pl|Central Daylight Time|CDT}} {{pl|Universal Time}}; ''Cricket'': {{pl|Australia in Great Britain, 2013 (cricket)}} {{pl|Michael Holding}};  ''Miscellaneous'': {{pl|Alan Odle}} {{pl|Arab}} {{pl|Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres}} {{pl|Conchita Martinez}} {{pl|Daniel C. Dennett}} {{pl|Deutschmark}} {{pl|One & Other}}; ''CZ'': [[CZ:Manual of Style]] (new version)


Some people think that the names of currencies are capitalised. Why is this?  Probably because they often sound like proper nouns: [[franc]], for example, or [[mark]]. Of course those two have now ([[franc|almost]]) vacated the scene in favour of the equally capitalised-sounding [[euro]].
==Where I started==
Robert Thorpe ("Ró" [ʁɒ] in Portuguese), born in [[London, United Kingdom]] in 1950. I have a degree in [[English language|English]] ([[Peterhouse]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]]), and for many years worked as a teacher of the language, in [[Mâcon]], [[France]]; [[Mondovì]], [[Italy]]; [[London|Beckenham]], [[England]] (Europeans, Arabs, Japanese, Koreans, Latin Americans, Iranians...); and finally in various locations in [[Portugal]]; I am now retired in [[Esposende]].


Originated: ''Language'': [[Alphabet]], [[Apostrophe]], [[Back-chaining]], [[British and American English]], [[Catalog of artworks known in English by a foreign title]], [[Colon (punctuation)]], [[Commonwealth English]], [[Cyrillic alphabet]], [[English alphabet]],  [[English irregular nouns]], [[English irregular verbs]], [[English phonemes]], [[English spellings]] (see ''objet d'art'' below), [[French words in English/Catalogs|French words in English]], [[Galician language|Galician]], [[Glottal stop]], [[Homophone]], [[Hyphen]], [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Minimal pair]], [[Nynorsk]], [[Persian]], [[Schwa]], [[Spelling pronunciation]]; [[A]], [[B]], [[D]], [[E (letter)|E]], [[F]], [[G (letter)|G]], [[GH]], [[H]], [[I]], [[J]], [[K]], [[L]], [[M]], [[N]], [[O]], [[P]], [[Q]], [[R]], [[S]], [[T]], [[U]], [[V (letter)|V]], [[W]], [[X]], [[Y]], [[Z]]; ''Music'': [[Bob Dylan]], [[Domenico Scarlatti]], [[Frederick  Delius]], [[Jean Sibelius]], [[Kraftwerk]], [[Leevi Madetoja]], [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], [[Miles Davis]], [[Nico]]; [[Cover version]], [[Rock music]], [[Skiffle]]; [[Mezzo TV]]; ''Novelists'': [[Ivy Compton-Burnett]], [[Marcel Proust]]; ''Places'': [[Burma]], [[Cyprus]], [[Malta]]; ''Food'': [[Leitão assado à Bairrada]],  [[Portuguese cod casserole (bacalhau à Gomes de Sá)]]; ''&c'': [[Alan Odle]], [[Arab]], [[CDT]], [[Ceres]], [[Daniel C. Dennett]], [[Deutsche Mark]], [[En passant (chess)]], [[Michael Holding]],  [[Universal Time]]; ''[[CZ:What's Your Message?]]'':
===[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rothorpe Wikipediana]===
[[User:Robert Thorpe/World Alphabetical Time|World Alphabetical Time]]; [[User:Ro Thorpe/Spelling reform]]
I was just becoming an enthusiast for [[Wikipedia]] when I stumbled across its article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizendium Citizendium]; I still enjoy copy-editing there.


Many thanks to [[User:Chris Day|Chris Day]] for the following installation. To find out what 'retroalphabetical' means (coined by me in 1995, [[Oxford English Dictionary|OED]] please note), click on one of the blue squares.
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{{:English spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist}}
[[User:Ro Thorpe/Spelling reform|>Spelling reform]]


==Thorperson==
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Robert Thorpe, born in [[London]] in 1950, living in [[Esposende]], [[Portugal]].  I have a degree in [[English language|English]]  from [[Peterhouse]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]].  For many years I worked as a teacher of the language, in [[Mâcon]], [[France]] (at a [[Agricultural school|''lycée agricole'']]); [[Mondovì]], [[Italy]]; [[Beckenham]], [[England]]; and finally in various locations in Portugal, where my girlfriend is a [[primary school]] teacher. I can translate from the relevant languages as well as from [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[German language|German]] and [[Latin]].


I came across [[Citizendium]] when I looked in [http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:RoThorpe Wikipedia] for the latter's history. There, I still do copyediting, and I created a number of
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Latest revision as of 06:33, 20 April 2024


The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.


Click on the red row of the grid to see articles on the letters of the English alphabet, which all use the following system:

  • The accents show stress and pronunciation (see English spellings): A: sát, mâde, pàrk, cāst (cást/càst), åll, ãir; E: ére, êar, vèin, fërn; I: sít, mîne, skì, bïrd; O: sóng, môde, lòve, wörd, ŏr; OO: moôn, foòt; U: sún, mûse, fùll, pürr; W: neŵ, ẁant; Y: gým, mŷ, keỳ, mÿrrh.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  

Articles I started

Language, using English pronunciation system shown above: Developing Article Apostrophe: in cluster; in lists Developed Article British and American English ¤ English irregular nouns Developing Article English irregular verbs Developing Article English phonemes Developing Article English spellings (incorporating English pronunciation; many thanks to Chris Day for the above masterlist); English spellings/Accents Stub English verbs Developing Article French words in English Developed Article Hyphen Developed Article Silent and invisible letters in English Developing Article Spelling pronunciation Developing Article GH Stub Ñ Developing Article A Developing Article B Developed Article C Developing Article D Stub E Developing Article F Developing Article G Developing Article H Stub I Developing Article J Developing Article K Developing Article L Developing Article M Developing Article N Developing Article O Developing Article P Developing Article Q Developing Article R Developing Article S Developing Article T Developing Article U Developing Article V Developing Article W Developing Article X Stub Y Developing Article Z; Other language articles: Developing Article Alphabet ¤ Artworks known in English by a foreign title Developing Article Back-chaining Stub Colon (punctuation) Stub Commonwealth English Stub Cyrillic alphabet Developing Article English alphabet Stub Galician Developing Article Glottal stop Stub Homophone Developing Article International Phonetic Alphabet Stub Italian Stub Minimal pair Stub Nynorsk Stub Okina Stub Persian Stub Principal parts (verb) Stub Schwa; Music: Developing Article Cover version Stub Mezzo TV Stub Rock music Stub Skiffle Stub Instant Karma; Stub Bob Dylan Stub Captain Beefheart Stub Domenico Scarlatti Stub Frederick Delius Developing Article Howlin' Wolf Stub Jean Sibelius Stub Kraftwerk Leevi Madetoja Stub Ludwig van Beethoven Stub Miles Davis Stub Nico; Novelists: Stub Franz Kafka Stub Ivy Compton-Burnett Developing Article Marcel Proust; Places: Stub Burma Stub Cyprus Stub Malta; Food: Stub Crisps Developing Article Leitão assado à Bairrada Developing Article Portuguese cod casserole (bacalhau à Gomes de Sá); Chess: Stub Chess960 Stub En passant; Time: Stub CDT Stub Universal Time; Cricket: Stub Australia in Great Britain, 2013 (cricket) Stub Michael Holding; Miscellaneous: Stub Alan Odle Stub Arab Stub Ceres Stub Conchita Martinez Daniel C. Dennett Stub Deutschmark Stub One & Other; CZ: CZ:Manual of Style (new version)

Where I started

Robert Thorpe ("Ró" [ʁɒ] in Portuguese), born in London, United Kingdom in 1950. I have a degree in English (Peterhouse, Cambridge), and for many years worked as a teacher of the language, in Mâcon, France; Mondovì, Italy; Beckenham, England (Europeans, Arabs, Japanese, Koreans, Latin Americans, Iranians...); and finally in various locations in Portugal; I am now retired in Esposende.

Wikipediana

I was just becoming an enthusiast for Wikipedia when I stumbled across its article on Citizendium; I still enjoy copy-editing there.

>Spelling reform


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