Talk:Dollar
Latest comment: 8 years ago by Equinox in topic RFV discussion: February–May 2015
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Wikipedia:United States dollar:
"The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the Dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar or US Dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its overseas territories. It is a Federal Reserve Note and consists of 100 smaller cent units."
Should "Dollar" be capitalized? If so, doesn't that warrant a Wiktionary entry? I'm not entirely sure myself. WikiWinters (talk) 11:08, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- Prescriptively speaking, it shouldn't be capitalized, because currency names aren't capitalized in English (compare pound, yen, euro, etc.). That doesn't mean it descriptively never is capitalized, though; if attestable it could conceivably be called an
{{alternative case form of}}dollar. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 11:25, 17 February 2015 (UTC)- Perhaps it should be capitalized when used as an alleged object of worship: the Almighty Dollar. DCDuring TALK 20:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- It follows the general capitalization rules: capitalized at the beginning of a sentence, when it's personalized, etc. There is no need for a definition. Lmaltier (talk) 21:03, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- Perhaps it should be capitalized when used as an alleged object of worship: the Almighty Dollar. DCDuring TALK 20:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
- I don't see what's being asked here; there is no English sense at "Dollar". Striking. Equinox ◑ 01:45, 7 May 2015 (UTC)