S Novym Godom! Capitalization question...

[John Dunn]

Presumably each of the three versions is correct for somebody.  But S Novym godom seems to be in widest use and is the only form for which I could find an official imprimatur.  The only official holidays for which it is customary to capitalise each word are:

Rozhdestvo Xristovo
Den' Pobedy
Den' Rossii 
Den' Konstitutsii Rossijskoj Federatsii

But: Staryj Novyj god.

For more see http://www.calend.ru/holidays/russtate/

Happy Den' spasatelja RF!

John Dunn.



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Marder <asred at COX.NET>
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:00:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] S Novym Godom! Capitalization question...

> Second, I have a quick holiday-related question for you. I've gotten vastly
> varying answers on this issue from the native speakers I've asked - so I
> thought I would turn to the experts.
> 
> 
> 
> What are the capitalization rules for "s Novym Godom?"
> 
> 
> 
> I've had folks tell me that both the "N" and the "G" should be capitalized -
> others tell me that only the "N" should be capitalized and some say that it
> has no capitalization unless "S" begins the sentence. what's the correct
> form?

See, for example, 
http://www.spravka.gramota.ru/buro.html?action=bytext&keyword=&rubrika=&find
str=%22%F1%20%ED%EE%E2%FB%EC%20%E3%EE%E4%EE%EC%22&page=1

S Novym godom!

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John Dunn
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University of Glasgow, Scotland

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