Talk:memaw
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...and related entries (Pepaw, Mamaw, etc). Should these be moved to the lowercase forms? The uppercase forms could be kept as soft redirects. This may have been discussed before. - -sche (discuss) 00:51, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
- Uppercase feels more correct for me, because I have a feeling these forms are mostly for addressing the relative in question, in which case capitalization would be expected in writing. --Μετάknowledgediscuss/deeds 15:22, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
- On the other hand, one would capitalise "Dear Grandma" when writing to her, but our entry is at grandma. Moving the term to lowercase and adding a usage note might be a better way to go. - -sche (discuss) 20:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
- There are many nouns that can be used as personal names in that way. Consider boss, bro, sis, mum... in fact, isn't that the entire purpose of the vocative case in languages that have one? —CodeCat 20:05, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
- Correct. I'm not even sold on the utility of a usage note, I just suggest it as preferable to capitalisation of the entry title. - -sche (discuss) 20:14, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
- There are many nouns that can be used as personal names in that way. Consider boss, bro, sis, mum... in fact, isn't that the entire purpose of the vocative case in languages that have one? —CodeCat 20:05, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
- On the other hand, one would capitalise "Dear Grandma" when writing to her, but our entry is at grandma. Moving the term to lowercase and adding a usage note might be a better way to go. - -sche (discuss) 20:02, 8 April 2012 (UTC)