Pronouns

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I know that you can/should captalize the first letter of "вы" when you are using it to refer to one person.

Is there ever a reason to capitalize the "Н" in "нас" (when it's not the first word of the sentence, of course)? Why would someone do that?

Comments

[hope1972.livejournal.com]

The only reason to do it is... if the writing person is a king, so he/she calls himself/herself in plural form. К примеру: Мы, Николай Второй, Наше Величество. I never saw it really, but I guess that may be the only reason. Otherwise that is a misspelling, that`s all.

[anohin.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is a reason -- a King or a Queen writing of himself uses capitalized version of "Нас".

[platonicus.livejournal.com]

A monarch about himself - in official documents

[dm1795.livejournal.com]

The only case I know (Russian is my mother tongue and I lived in Russia 30 years) of such capitalization is in the official papers of tsars ("Мы, Николай Второй,..."), "Нас" also is used in such case. It is ancient style. Sometimes such formule is used as irony (referring to some snobbish person that behaves like he was a tsar), but it's very rare. What is a context?

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

So, if someone who is not a king does it...

That looks pretty arrogant, right?

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

Context...ha ha...it's a letter from the parents of one of our students!

[yenissey.livejournal.com]

well, looks like a typo (if you think it's not a joke).

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I have no idea...but they did it several times, and only with this word, so I don't think it's a typo.

[dm1795.livejournal.com]

It could be the particularity of handwritten script of his parents. No special meaning in this case. Are there any other words that start from H?

[hope1972.livejournal.com]

Well, I believe it`s just a mistake, that`s all. Nobody would write like that, it`s not really needed for anything.

[roman-v-m.livejournal.com]

Megalomania? :)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Did you consider the possibility that they were simply not exactly too literate?

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

They did it in every single instance in this letter.

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

It's typed.

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I've thought about that. Most of the letter seems okay (complete sentences, etc.), except for the "нас" issue and one strange use of the word "обличиe," but otherwise, okay. I'm leaning towards the not-too-literate explanation, though.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Might not be connected with literacy, though. I knew many people with what they claimed to be "their own style of writing," and what normally was just a minor twist towards unconventional spelling etc. which they thought was original and/or cool (and, in reality, almost always looked lise some sad unnecessary clownery.) My mom's third hisband, for instance, tended to end all nouns of male gender with a Ъ sign, as if he were following the pre-revolutionary orthography. It looked just terrible, but he clearly regarded himself a very original and trendy writer :)

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of work to look "cool." :)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Hey, I know people who pierce parts of their bodies, depilate their legs, arms and eyebrows, shave their hair and/or change its color, tattoo themselves, and alter their consciousness by eating strong chemicals and drinking poisonous liquids, and all that in the name of looking cool!

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

Touche. :)

[hope1972.livejournal.com]

That is strange.

[lovimoment.livejournal.com]

I think wolk_off must be right...just an idiosyncrasy.