Proposed BCMS/SC profile

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Re: Proposed BCMS/SC profile

Postby Radioclare » Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:18 pm

Daniel N. wrote:Side note: I must say that use of "Vaš" in such a forum is quite rare, "tvoj" completely prevails (unless we had a very different status in the RL, e.g. if you were a member of government, an ambassador, etc. and if I knew it).


As a side note to the side note, would you guys normally capitalise "Vaš"? I have seen it written both ways and always been vaguely confused about what was correct.
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Re: Proposed BCMS/SC profile

Postby Daniel N. » Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:37 pm

Radioclare wrote:As a side note to the side note, would you guys normally capitalise "Vaš"? I have seen it written both ways and always been vaguely confused about what was correct.

I guess, most style manuals suggest using the capital letter only when you directly address a single person you respect (Vi, Vama, Vaš, etc.) e.g. in a message, e-mail and so.

Be aware that style manuals sometimes don't correspond to reality. For instance, there are style manuals telling you that you shouldn't write (and say) skoro sam zaspao "I almost fell asleep" (what 99% people would say), but gotovo sam zaspao (a sentence almost nobody uses :?) since skoro should be used for times only :roll:
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Re: Proposed BCMS/SC profile

Postby reineke » Thu Apr 28, 2016 5:49 pm

Radioclare wrote:
As a side note to the side note, would you guys normally capitalise "Vaš"? I have seen it written both ways and always been vaguely confused about what was correct.


I capitalize Vi, Vama, i Vaš in business correspondence. Forumaši su obično na ti pa sve da su ambasadori u privatnom životu. Ako je neka osjetljiva tema ili ako se traži pomoć ja bih počeo s "Vi".
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Re: Proposed BCMS/SC profile

Postby Chung » Sun May 01, 2016 5:52 pm

When I get Daniel N.'s submission for loanwords, I'll start fixing up this profile with all of the comments in mind. This will definitely take more time than what I've done on the proposed Finnish and Hungarian profiles.
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