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why?

I find it quite amusing that I write devon with a lower case "d" and everyone "corrects" this when they write it, to give me an upper case D. Do y'all think I made a mistake and have never fixed it? Are you just so used to capitalizing that you do it without thinking? Would this happen if I used "may" or "bob" which could either be capitalized if they were names or left they way they are if not?

7.7.05 19:26

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K'vitsh / Website (7.7.05 20:33)
When people in elementary school would spell my name "heather" I'd get quite offended.
I don't know why I don't like uncapitalized names. Just my anal-retentiveness, I suppose.

Chris / Website (10.7.05 06:08)
I never knew it was a particular affectation, to be honest. Does it matter? I suppose that you posting about it means it does matter. OK, d, that's fine. One question, though: why ignore one grammatical rule (capitalization of proper names) but not another (ending an abbreviation, in this case "d" for "devon")?

(10.7.05 09:13)
well, I often sign my e-mails with just a d. Capitalizing my name doesn't make me so angry I pull out my hair, or anyone else's for that matter. I jsut find it curious and want to know why people do it...