When Is a Proper Name a Proper Noun? By Rose Jacobs July 19, 2017 From “Baby Listens” by Esther Wilkin, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin (1960) “T um, tum, tum dee dum, Baby’s beating on his ...

Non-capitalized proper nouns are kind of an Internet-age thing - usernames and the ilk were the genesis - and the laws of grammar have been a moving target throughout history.

Mattel's new edition of scrabble called Scrabble Trickster is including new rules that would allow the use of proper nouns. Mattel owns the rights to Scrabble outside North America. In the U.S ...