# BiCapitalization **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573 "2005-05-26T07:22:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/1 "2005-05-26T07:22:51Z")
I finally have to ask. Why do people keep BiCapitalizing my username? It’s not just on this board; it’s _everywhere_. **PriceGuy** this and **PriceGuy** that. Is it some kind of global cultural phenomenon that I’m blissfully unaware of? Does my username look so unattractive that a capital G is necessary? Come on, spill the beans. Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/2 "2005-05-26T07:52:37Z")
I’ve made that mistake before with folk’s names (but not so far with you, **Priceguy** , although I _nearly_ did.) I guess the mind’s so used to “Price” and “Guy” as seperate words, and sees the two together in your nick so puts “PriceGuy”. I’ll take care in future, mate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/3 "2005-05-26T16:17:17Z")
Maybe it’s related to whatever disorder causes some people to refer to me as **HalBriston**. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/4 "2005-05-26T16:23:05Z")
I blame MS and their VB. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/5 "2005-05-26T16:46:56Z")
Sorry, but my computer ran out of lower case Gs. It is GettinG on my nerves as well. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/6 "2005-05-26T17:23:58Z")
Thank Og someone else’s annoyed by this SillyTrend. Every time I see one of those AnnoyingAds or StupidMagazines throwing two words together, often with _Different_ **Formats** , I have to grit my teeth against the absurd attempted stylishness. Often, there’s no real correlation between the TwoWords, either. GahBah! ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/7 "2005-05-26T17:54:48Z")
_Reads thread, then tries as hard as he can to sneak out without being noticed_ ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/8 "2005-05-26T18:04:27Z")
> [@athelas](#): > > Thank Og someone else’s annoyed by this SillyTrend. Every time I see one of those AnnoyingAds or StupidMagazines throwing two words together, often with _Different_ **Formats** , I have to grit my teeth against the absurd attempted stylishness. Often, there’s no real correlation between the TwoWords, either. GahBah! Those aren’t formats, those are fonts. And **PriceGuy** ran the words together himself. It’s just fools like me who capitalize them both. Not that I’ve knowingly done it before, but I tend to capitalize all names, as it looks polite to me. Probably the bad aftereffects of too much German in my life. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/9 "2005-05-26T19:34:43Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Those aren’t formats, those are fonts. And **PriceGuy** ran the words together himself. It’s just fools like me who capitalize them both. Not that I’ve knowingly done it before, but I tend to capitalize all names, as it looks polite to me. Probably the bad aftereffects of too much German in my life. You’ve done it before, and you did it again. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/10 "2005-05-26T21:32:19Z")
Blame programming languages that have this convention ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/11 "2005-05-26T22:20:31Z")
A lot of people InterCaps their various online names. See, there’s a convention with real-life names, but people use so many different styles online that one has to remember separately. Very few of us have so much brain juice that we can afford to waste it on memorizing the picky details of one another’s screen names - witness the constant misspellings of my own. So since yours is obviously two words, and there’s no space, people just assume that it’s InterCapsed. That’s my theory anyway. I talk too much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2005, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bicapitalization/305573/12 "2005-05-26T22:27:48Z")
I am against HeteroCapitalization on principle. There is nothing wrong with BiCapitalization! We’re Here, We’re Double Capped, Get Used To It! I think **PriceGuy** looks sexy, but I will abide by your grammatical preference and henceforth, will HeteroCap your name, **Priceguy**. xoxo **DMark**