style conflict decision

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

OK I prefer the "the" in a bandname to NOT be capitalised (i dislike captial drift and stand manfully against it like little hans w.fingah in dyke-ah)

well i just got to marking up this phrase "bands like The Smiths and The The": obviously that is "the Smiths", equally obviously NOT "the The" --> hence i have decided that the name "The The" falls into the same category as "Liquid Liquid" (or insert bettah examples but this is all my mopey man-fluey brane can muster at the moment)

Comments

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

I think the Chinese ones (of the pinyin transcription system) aren't really much observed, except when trying to be v v precise. (Compare to Japanese transcription: nitpicky maps etc often have Tōkyō to indicate long o's, while plain old Tokyo is more than enough for regular everyday use).

OF COURSE the T should be pronounced! >:|