Why is all caps cool in Japan?

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on: October 14, 2009, 08:14:15 AM
Like, seriously? It's a mark of stupidity, & yet everything is NEXT this, EXCEED that, & SOLDIER over there. When is Japan going to stop typing like a child?



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Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 08:17:24 AM
COPE

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Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 03:13:08 PM
It ain't that common.


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Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 04:17:24 PM
COPE

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Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 04:34:54 PM
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Reply #5 on: October 14, 2009, 08:54:57 PM
BECAUSE CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL. LIKE MILHOUSE.






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Reply #6 on: October 14, 2009, 09:02:27 PM
Like, seriously? It's a mark of stupidity, & yet everything is NEXT this, EXCEED that, & SOLDIER over there. When is Japan going to stop typing like a child?
there's no such thing as capitals in the squiggly glyphs.



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Reply #7 on: October 14, 2009, 10:43:49 PM


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Reply #8 on: October 15, 2009, 12:37:34 PM
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Reply #9 on: October 15, 2009, 01:22:20 PM
Are comic books/strips cool?  Because I almost never see lowercase letters in those...



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Reply #10 on: October 15, 2009, 05:20:56 PM
All caps makes it stand out more. Also makes things like in strips easier to read since all the letters are the same size.  In Japans case, It's not like Japan doesn't use lower case, they just don't care since it really makes no difference since it's the same letter and meaning either way. Unlike Kata and Hira which are used for specific reasons.



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Reply #11 on: October 15, 2009, 09:30:58 PM
They should learn better & know when to use capital letters, like, I dunno, maybe with abbreviations & acronyms.



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Reply #12 on: October 16, 2009, 12:44:13 AM
They usually used lower case words when I visited some sites such as <Insert Japanese Text Here>English Text Goes Here. But I don't see much of the CAPS in some Japanese sites though. :/


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Reply #13 on: October 16, 2009, 07:38:56 PM
They use it in titles to look cooler I think.



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Reply #14 on: October 17, 2009, 12:41:26 AM
Becuase it grabs attention plus it takes your eye away from the perverted games and makes you look at others, you pervert.



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Reply #15 on: October 17, 2009, 07:47:40 AM
COPE

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Reply #16 on: October 18, 2009, 03:55:25 AM
They use it in titles to look cooler I think.
To be fair, the Japanese are not the only ones to use all-caps in titles.

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Reply #17 on: October 18, 2009, 12:34:28 PM
Yea, but American stuff in all caps is always trash. Unless it's an acronym or abbreviation or something.



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Reply #18 on: October 18, 2009, 12:53:48 PM
You know, I find your username incredibly ironic.



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Reply #19 on: October 18, 2009, 07:44:54 PM
I didn't do it.


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Reply #20 on: October 18, 2009, 07:58:39 PM
english is special to them. they find a word with a meaning they enjoy and capitalize it.

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Reply #21 on: October 18, 2009, 08:24:50 PM
You see, it's all that judgment of what they do and how they speak and how they ALLCAP things and how they drive that makes them want to withhold all the good stuff from us Americans when their games actually come over here...

The instant we learn to make love and not war with Japan is the instant my PS2/3 can has a happy time with Yakuza 3/4 and moar Sengoku Basara.

...okay, probably not, but could you imagine?



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Reply #22 on: October 18, 2009, 08:48:13 PM
You know, I find your username incredibly ironic.

Same here. XD

You see, it's all that judgment of what they do and how they speak and how they ALLCAP things and how they drive that makes them want to withhold all the good stuff from us Americans when their games actually come over here...

The instant we learn to make love and not war with Japan is the instant my PS2/3 can has a happy time with Yakuza 3/4 and moar Sengoku Basara.

...okay, probably not, but could you imagine?

+1.



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Reply #23 on: October 18, 2009, 10:37:56 PM
You know, I find your username incredibly ironic.
It would only be ironic if I did it.



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Reply #24 on: October 18, 2009, 11:15:51 PM
Meh, joke didn't go as well as I hoped. Name changed back to normal. :P