First, my comment was slightly sarcastic. It was making fun of my own skeptical reaction, while still noting it.
Second, Germans aren’t a good counterexample because Germans are capitalizing their nouns according to some traditional scheme. But when people capitalize things without any real reason, it’s a way of making them seem special and interesting and worthy of respect.
What about Germans? Are you skeptical of Germans?
First, my comment was slightly sarcastic. It was making fun of my own skeptical reaction, while still noting it.
Second, Germans aren’t a good counterexample because Germans are capitalizing their nouns according to some traditional scheme. But when people capitalize things without any real reason, it’s a way of making them seem special and interesting and worthy of respect.
My comment was not slightly sarcastic.