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From: sri-unix!garth!hal@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Hal Broome)
Date: 25 Aug 88 18:59:50 GMT
Subject: Re: A pain in the Gaffa!
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA
Posted-Date: 25 Aug 88 18:59:50 GMT
References: <8808231422.AA06050@WONKO.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: garth!hal@WONKO.MIT.EDU (Hal Broome)
> From: Doug Alan <nessus@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
> You seem to think that it is some great mystery why "Gaffa" is
> capitalized. The explanation for this is simple: either (1) Kate
> thinks that "Gaffa" is a brand of gaffa tape, or (2) "Gaffa" *is* a
> brand of gaffa tape.
Or how about a third reason: nouns are capitalized in song titles? I
don't think anyone would argue that suspended is a brand name. . . .
hal
[ Yes, but the question isn't why "Gaffa" is capitalized in the
title of the song, but rather, why it is capitalized in the
body of the song. -- |>oug ]