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Old 08-31-2006, 10:20 PM
Zeide Erskine Zeide Erskine is offline
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Hi Jeremy,

Since there is a parallel case (i.e. mabé or Mabé cultured pearls), you can wade through various reference works and see what is used more often. I still see no real need to capitalize it. Do you write "French fries" or "french fries?" According to Merriam Webster the primary form is not capitalized but capitalization is common. I guess this is a case where you can have it both ways whichever looks better to you at any given time.

Zeide
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