Writing question, "the wife"

[Amy Speed]

>
>Thanks very much, Elizabeth.  I'll take a look.
>
>One of the points I'd like to make and back up with research is the
>capitalization of words which don't require it.  Admittedly, English has
vague
>capitalization rules when it comes to software interfaces, but people
>(especially those whose English is not native) tend to capitalize
everything but
>conjunctions and pronouns.  I maintain that this makes for a user interface
>which is more difficult to read.
>
>This may be a function of what meaning English readers normally assign to a
>capitalized word.  At least this is my belief, based on my own reaction.  I
stop
>at a capitalized word because I expect it to be less familiar or require
more
>processing, like a place name, or the name of a person.
>
>Andrea

I just had an interesting site forwarded to me concerning capitalization. In
it I found the sentence, "Can there be a more lovely place in the Whole
World?" The speaker was talking about Wisconsin. So...does the
capitalization emphasize Wisconsin or the world, or is it just a mistake?

Also, growing up in Wisconsin I never encountered "the wife" much (or I just
don't remember), but I noticed this site referred to "the wife" several
times. In fact, it never says "my wife." During the "the" discussion, I had
never considered it as a Wisconsin peculiarity, but it appears I was wrong.

Just in case anyone is interested in checking out the grammar of a
Wisconsinite, the site is http://belle.pcpros.net/~grandma/wisconsin.html

Amy