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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Agree that capitalization is not a
"worry", but I would argue that consistency -- and hence,
guidelines in order to facilitate that consistency -- would better
serve patrons. Or that could just be me making excuses for my
OCD... <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
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Jasmin<br>
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On 8/9/2014 10:53 PM, Joan Biella wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">To me too it seems right to capitalize Tana'im and
similar groups, but I have to confess I can't see an instruction
in RDA that seems to require it. So I guess we would say
"pre-Raphaelites" and "communists" too. What about "lake
poets"? Seems weird to me, but okay. Anyway, capitalization is
the least of our worries ...<br>
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Joan<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Taub,
Aaron <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Vanessa,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">In the
LC database, we’ve mostly capitalized Tannaim (and
Amoraim, for that matter) and Tannaitic.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Best
wishes,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Aaron
T.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hello all</span></p>
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capitalise tana</span><span
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lang="EN-GB">ʼ</span><span lang="EN-GB">im
and/or tannaitic? The closest example I can find
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