# It's Iphone not iPhone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-iphone-not-iphone/677488>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 30, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-iphone-not-iphone/677488 "2013-12-30T16:04:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-iphone-not-iphone/677488/21 "2014-01-01T20:39:01Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> You can’t start sentences with them without having to make style changes.

Capitalization rules are very fluid. Style, schmyle. Just look at the word “I” and how inconsistent that is. We don’t lower case proper names in the middle of sentences, why should the start of a sentence be considered so sacrosanct? Deal with it.

(I certainly hope the Finns don’t start telling people with last names like [terHorst](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerald_terHorst) that it should be “Terhorst”.)

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