2011/7/14 Ryan Torchia <anarchyr...@gmail.com>

>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Frederic Da Vitoria 
> <davito...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 2011/7/13, Ryan Torchia <anarchyr...@gmail.com>:
>> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:22 AM, Frederic Da Vitoria
>> > <davito...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> From my non-English's point of view, I prefer "with" to "With",
>> >> precisely because it is different. I always find disturbing that there
>> >> is no way to distinguish what we add to titles / names from what was
>> >> actually in those titles / names.
>> >>
>> > The thing is, when "with" is used, it's because that's what was actually
>> > used on the release (or track).  It's never something we add; we default
>> to
>> > "&" as a joiner for collaborations if there isn't another word used.
>>
>> Hmm, you must have missed my second post :-)
>>
>
> I saw it, but maybe didn't parse it correctly at the time.  Still, it begs
> the question, if "they" added it, why wouldn't it be part of the "real
> name"?  There's some measure of artist intent if the word "with" is used
> rather than "and" or "&".  Should we capitalize "with" differently in a name
> like "Nurse With Wound" than we would in "The Dillinger Escape Plan With
> Mike Patton"?  Or if we assume the opposite, that "with" is just added
> information, should we just normalize "with" to "&" (or "and")?
>

Ok, sorry, I didn't read correctly your answer :-) Good point.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria
(davitof)

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