https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429275
--- Comment #6 from David Chmelik <dchme...@gmail.com> --- Of course, I (and some friends/family) use British English KDE. Another mistake is systemsettings can't find 'alternative' where slang American English (bad grammar dialect) rewrote 'alternate' (not synonym: younger Americans using as such are absolutely incorrect.) Why would a German project not mainly use British English? I edited Kicker menu and Dolphin side panel, so those are almost solved except can't lowercase 'devices,' 'places' 'recent,' 'remote,' 'search,' 'recent applications,' 'power/session (nor sub-entries... slash standard is no spaces beside,)' Sure, some kicker/etc. menu categories can be academic/school/department subjects (development/programming, education, graphics, multimedia, network, system, but not likely games, help, lost & found, office, settings, nor anything in Dolphin) so that way are proper nouns, but same subjects in most (non-academic) usage aren't proper nouns (hence lowercase)... even clearer for those, and two I can't lowercase, and Dolphin sidebar... if you compare/contrast to anything else (Dolphin sidebar categories in normal conversation, Kicker 'recent applications' versus recent physical objects/appliances/tools used, and 'power/session' & etc. versus physical controls) any smart enough person (including British schoolkids who did okay through first year/class/grade) knows those are /never/ capitalized, nor are buttons/dials/knobs/levers/switches & etc... even in most substandard English (many Chinese-written) manuals that make several/many grammar/spelling mistakes, but typically only uppercase their company and maybe (in conjunction) product name. I don't know all KDE history but was inspired by CDE (apparently inspired by Windows (inspired by Apple))... but the two most popular desktop GUIs' founders/creators were American college dropouts. Bad grammar dialect country college dropouts set modern GUI text standards... yet most programmers follow! It's okay to ask a programmer about programming language, not necessarily human language. That's why I won't necessarily agree saying 'intended' nor your style guides are relevant (in contrast to higher academic English reference/textbooks, such as ones we have from London, etc., and ones from Oxford & Cambridge, and such standards-based technical writing.) Most programming/developing/engineering years/decades possibly haven't needed to read PC manual recently, so verify yours if buttons are lowercase (and in physical controls' design/instruction texts for all subjects/industries) and ask why is same different in GUI? Only because standards were set by bad grammar dialect country college dropouts, not British higher academic English experts. Having fixed most Kicker menu & Dolphin entries is almost enough, but fixing everywhere is a wish. Kicker's incorrect capitalization makes me think (stressful) I should be back in university focusing on several such categories again, and you've probably heard using all capitals in chat is like shouting... but when chatters capitalize every word (a few foreigners do) it's same, as is incorrect capitalization: for many years, also feels like shouting! Incorrect capitalization is harder to read/use. Try proper English conventions and see if you notice difference. If you command-line UNIX/GNU/Linux code in a directory/folder with some/many different languages and projects, you most likely made it all lowercase (to decrease typing, and looks nicer, not just there but everywhere.) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
