fantasticbeasts_kinkmeme ([personal profile] fantasticbeasts_kinkmeme) wrote2016-11-23 07:38 am
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Spelling/capitals

(Anonymous) 2017-01-23 12:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Newt's Niffler or Newt's niffler?

A no-maj (adj) car and a No-Maj's (noun) car, or capitals all around?

This has been harping on my mind. I haven't bought the script yet, so I don't know what JKR's position on the matter is. Iirr (my HP books are at my parents'), "a Muggle" as a not-wizard was spelled with a capital M, but I can't remember if it was used as an adjective and if the adjective was capitalized. Aargh!

Re: Spelling/capitals

(Anonymous) 2017-01-23 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
When in doubt, assume that JKR would capitalize it. She hits that shift key like her life depends on it.

This isn't real helpful for FBAWTFT, but here's a great resource for spellings and caps and all for the older material: https://legacy.hp-lexicon.org/help/potterwords-removed.html

Re: Spelling/capitals

(Anonymous) 2017-01-23 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
ayrt Thanks, nonny! Will check it out.

I've seen plenty of Nifflers and nifflers around so far, so I guess fandom is pretty open to both options.

Re: Spelling/capitals

(Anonymous) 2017-02-03 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
JKR's inconsistencies aside, niffler is a species of animal, right? I wouldn't write Newt's Dog, so I wouldn't capitalise niffler either.

Then again, my view would also be that if you don't capitalise wizard, it doesn't make sense to capitalise no-maj. But flicking through the character guidebook, it definitely refers to them as No-Majs (no apostrophe in the plural).

Re: Spelling/capitals

(Anonymous) 2017-02-04 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
DA

Yeah, and I wouldn't caps "police officer" or "detective" unless it's part of a title, but canon is to capitalize "Auror," sooo...

I tend to look stuff up, because that's me, but I also definitely don't judge other people when they reel back the capitals or go with their gut. I mean, I'm reading in a fandom where the most popular pairings include characters who not only have never met, but at least one of whom was not actually in the movie. Canon isn't everything. ;)

(Also I think JKR has written "No-Majes" at least a few times online, which adds further to the headache. Ugh. Also MACUSA? It should be MCUSA. Or maybe MaCUSA.)

Re: Spelling/capitals

(Anonymous) 2017-02-05 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
MACUSA is actually a remarkably sensible acronym compared to some of the ones I've seen in my field of work...
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