koran capitalized but not Bible, THE PROMPT

4/29/2016 | David Whitaker

[Pfesser]

It took awhile to notice. Yes, I've been posting to articles for a long time. Yet, today I noticed a mild type of propaganda as I posted a reply to an article.

Each time that I typed koran my computer prompted me to capitalize it. However when I typed Bible, un-capitalized, there was no such prompt. Why?

Then I typed islam and Christian as a test and there it was again, 'the prompt'.

A prompt was given to capitalize islam but no such prompt for Christian.

This.......must stop. A demand to hold the so-called religion of islam above the true religion of our Christian Bible is a subtle form of propaganda.

[Sioux-san]

I tested this all out on a MS Word doc. When typing the word islam, it didn’t auto-correct, but a red squiggly line appeared under the word with the suggestion to capitalize Islam. I typed the words christian and christianity, and both auto-corrected with capitalization. The koran also showed the squiggly red line to indicate a suggested spelling change but did not auto-correct. When typing bible, it remained uncapitalized and no suggestions were made to capitalize. (This may be due to other meanings for bible.) Typing holy bible, it didn’t auto-correct or give a suggestion for capitalization. No excuse for Holy Bible not to auto-correct or at the very least a red squiggly line for koran. (just noticed now that Koran auto-corrected right here on FR mail).

[ConorMacNessa]

I salute the courage in your heart, FRiend - there is surely a fatwa out there with your name on it!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[Pfesser]

That may be true but we all know what we mean when we use the Bible in context.

[novemberslady]

certain words get auto capitalized on freerepublic.

I haven't capitalized anything but see this...

jesus or god or Obama

the only thing capitalized when I hit enter is Obama...why?

[novemberslady]

and I

[Two Kids' Dad]

You can always type his name with a zero instead of an “O” if you want.

[rockrr]

No argument from me.

[novemberslady]

yes but I can’t understand why his name is the only one auto-capitalized.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

It is the browser you are using that auto-corrects, not Free Republic.

[cherry]

I think we also always refer to ourselves, if appropriate, as Causcasians....at least we’d get capitalized like the Asians and the Hispanics...

[novemberslady]

ok i'll try this jesus god obama

this is opera

[novemberslady]

and this is firefox
jesus or god or obama

[novemberslady]

Thank you :)

[Ouderkirk]

So just right click and select “add to dictionary” and it won’t prompt the correction again

[Pfesser]

Thanks.;-)

[dynachrome]

I do not capitalize islam or muzzie.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is pretty weak. Etymologically, the word “bible” (lower case) also means any book that is authoritative in its subject. When referring to the sacred text, it is either capitalized or even prefixed by a capitalized “The Bible”.

So, two spellings are legitimate, so no spell correction.

[Mike Darancette]

Basic grammer, I think.

I think you is right! Islam is always an evil religion (noun).

[Gene Eric]

Because unlike the Koran, the bible is definitively an informative book.

My Opera browser considers both Christian and Christianity proper nouns.

[dynachrome]

“bible” (lower case) also means any book

I have called the blueprints we use at work “the bible”. If they are wrong, we are hosed.