diff --git a/Upcasing.md b/Upcasing.md index ae08fbe..2d52c5e 100644 --- a/Upcasing.md +++ b/Upcasing.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ When writing Greek in all uppercase letters (e.g., for titles, signs, or emphasi ## Rule 1: Remove Accents (Τόνοι) -The simplest rule is that **all accents (τόνοι) are removed when a word is written in uppercase.** +The primary rule is that **all accents (τόνοι) are removed when a word is written in uppercase.** * Modern Greek uses a single accent mark (τόνος), which can appear on one of the last three syllables of a word. @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Examples: * `Ελλάδα` becomes `ΕΛΛΑΔΑ` * `τραπέζι` becomes `ΤΡΑΠΕΖΙ` -**Exception**: the disjoint preposition `ή` (a single-letter word) *keeps* the accent and becomes `Ή`. +**Exception**: the disjoint preposition `ή` (a single-letter word) *keeps* the accent and becomes `Ή`. In this case, _and this case only_, is it acceptable to have a tonos to the left of a capital letter in all-cap setting. --- @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Examples: * `νεράιδα` (nerá-i-da - fairy): The accent on `ά` separates it from `ι`. In uppercase: `ΝΕΡΑΪΔΑ`. + Note that regular diphthongs in lowercase do **not** require adding dialytika in uppercase. Examples: @@ -58,6 +59,16 @@ Examples: * `Ευρώπη` becomes `ΕΥΡΩΠΗ` (`ΕΥ` is a diphthong) * `αυτοκίνητο` becomes `ΑΥΤΟΚΙΝΗΤΟ` (`ΑΥ` is a diphthong) +--- +Note that this makes round-trip case conversion significantly harder + +A capital Iota or Upsilon with dialytika may result from either an unaccented iota/upsilon following an accented vowel (and therefore carrying no dialytika in lowercase) or a lowercase iota/upsilon with dialytika or dialytika+tonos. + +Examples: + +• `Μάιος` (from Rule 3 above) converts to `ΜΑΪΟΣ`, `προϋπόθεση` converts to `ΠΡΟΫΠΟΘΕΣΗ` +• `Μαΐστρος` converts to `ΜΑΪΣΤΡΟΣ` and `προΰπαρξη` converts to `ΠΡΟΫΠΑΡΞΗ` + --- ## Summary of Dialytika on Uppercase Ι/Υ @@ -65,4 +76,4 @@ Examples: * If lowercase has `αϊ, εϊ, ηϊ, οϊ, ωϊ, υϊ` or `αϋ, εϋ, ηϋ, οϋ, ωϋ`, then uppercase keeps it: `ΑΪ, ΕΪ, ΗΪ, ΟΪ, ΩΪ, ΥΪ` or `ΑΫ, ΕΫ, ΗΫ, ΟΫ, ΩΫ`. * If lowercase has an accented vowel followed by `ι`/`υ` that is pronounced separately (e.g., `άι, έι, όι, άυ, έυ`), then uppercase ADDS the dialytika to the `Ι`/`Υ`: `ΑΪ, ΕΪ, ΟΪ, ΑΫ, ΕΫ`. -This system ensures that the pronunciation cues present in lowercase (either through existing dialytika or the placement of accents) are not lost when words are converted to uppercase. \ No newline at end of file +This system ensures that the pronunciation cues present in lowercase (either through existing dialytika or the placement of accents) are not lost when words are converted to uppercase.