[mb-style] English capitalization

[Jan van Thiel]

On 9/2/06, Mangled <viapanda at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/9/2, Bogdan Butnaru <bogdanb at gmail.com>:
> > Since we're already discussing English capitalization, can we please
> > also discuss these two other special cases:
> >
> > 1) Script-o-Rama, Ping-o-Matic: I always see these with the 'O'
> > capitalized, but it seems to me it's just a contraction+inversion of
> > "of" (it plays the role of conjunction, anyway, right?)
>
> I've also seen Sack o' Woe (in this case, it's more clear that it's
> just a contracted of).
> http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=sack+o+woe&type=track&limit=&handlearguments=1
>
> I now (and I think mudcrow thought the same) prefer "o" as it seems
> more logical, while it's mostly uppercase in the db right now...
>
> >
> > 2) a-Running (or a'Running, not sure): I've seen this in some jazz
> > records mostly. I'm not sure what to call it, I think it's an
> > epenthesis (reverse elision), but it does seem to have a gramatical
> > role (I think it gives a slight 'continuous mode' nuance to the verb,
> > but it may be because of the sencence structure).
>
> We have at least:
> A-Tisket, A-Tasket
> http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=A-Tisket%2C+A-Tasket&type=track&limit=&handlearguments=1
> Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
> http://musicbrainz.org/search/textsearch.html?query=Just+A-Sittin%27+and+A-Rockin%27&type=track&limit=&handlearguments=1
>
> Though you shouldn't deduce anything from the way it is caped now (as
> I harmonized them), this was discussed in edit notes and irc, and
> concluded it should be uppercase.
> Still, I'm absolutely clueless about the reasoning behind.
> I think I remember the discussion involved Nyght and mudcrow at least,
> but I'm not sure.

Some other examples:
The Times They Are A-Changin'
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Hear My Train A-Comin'

I use capital A in these cases.

Jan (zout)