Re: Yiddish capitalization

[Robert A. Rothstein <rar...>]

Elliot Gertel's response to the question about capitalization in
transliterated Yiddish once again proves the correctness of the adage,
"When in doubt, ask a librarian."  If you look at YIVO scholarly
publications such as the several volumes of _The Field of Yiddish_,
you'll see that the norm is as he described it: to follow the practice
of most European languages in capitalizing only the first word of a
title plus personal names.  There's some inconsistency with respect to
geographical terms, which are usually (but not by everyone) left in
lower case in transliterated Yiddish.
                                            Bob Rothstein

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