<story><title>Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters</title><url>http://tom7.org/lowercase/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>euske</author><text>Fun fact (not fabricated BECAUSE IT&amp;#x27;S APRIL 2ND OVER HERE):&lt;p&gt;Japanese alphabets (kana) doesn&amp;#x27;t have a concept of upper&amp;#x2F;lower cases. There are two different types of kanas (round ones and square ones) but they are kind of equal in terms of strength&amp;#x2F;stress so they can&amp;#x27;t be used to express anger.&lt;p&gt;People on 2-Channel forum (Japan&amp;#x27;s 4chan, basically) came up with a brilliant idea, which is to insert a space between each letter so that it looks a bit wider and has an extra oomph.&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;p&gt;- normal: 今日はいい天気だね。 (it&amp;#x27;s a fine day, isn&amp;#x27;t it.)&lt;p&gt;- angry: 今 日 は い い 天 気 だ ね 。 (IT&amp;#x27;S A F*KING NICE DAY ISN&amp;#x27;T IT)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maxnoe</author><text>This is a form of typographic 
emphasis also widely used in German Fraktur texts, called Sperrsatz:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;de.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sperrsatz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;de.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Sperrsatz&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters</title><url>http://tom7.org/lowercase/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>euske</author><text>Fun fact (not fabricated BECAUSE IT&amp;#x27;S APRIL 2ND OVER HERE):&lt;p&gt;Japanese alphabets (kana) doesn&amp;#x27;t have a concept of upper&amp;#x2F;lower cases. There are two different types of kanas (round ones and square ones) but they are kind of equal in terms of strength&amp;#x2F;stress so they can&amp;#x27;t be used to express anger.&lt;p&gt;People on 2-Channel forum (Japan&amp;#x27;s 4chan, basically) came up with a brilliant idea, which is to insert a space between each letter so that it looks a bit wider and has an extra oomph.&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;p&gt;- normal: 今日はいい天気だね。 (it&amp;#x27;s a fine day, isn&amp;#x27;t it.)&lt;p&gt;- angry: 今 日 は い い 天 気 だ ね 。 (IT&amp;#x27;S A F*KING NICE DAY ISN&amp;#x27;T IT)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Clewza313</author><text>The standard&amp;#x2F;formal way to emphasize in Japanese is with bōten &amp;quot;side dots&amp;quot;:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.japanesewithanime.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;furigana-dots-bouten.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.japanesewithanime.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;furigana-dots-bout...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, there is no easy way to enter or display these online, hence hacks like spacing.</text></comment>