Honey or Honey

[nq:1]In fiction, if one character calls another character honey, darling etc. is the word capitalized or not? For example should it be: Come here honey. Or: Come here Honey.[/nq]
It should be "Come here, Honey". It's a proper noun in this context.

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

[nq:1]In fiction, if one character calls another character honey, darling etc. is the word capitalized or not?[/nq]
Careful! You do not capitalize the word, you capitalize the first letter of the word. ****, I know.
[nq:1]For example should it be: Come here honey. Or: Come here Honey.[/nq]
Proper nouns are quite often a person's name, yes?

Here are some examples. You decide if

[nq:1]In fiction, if one character calls another character honey, darling etc. is the word capitalized or not?[/nq]
Yes
[nq:1]For example should it be: Come here honey. Or: Come here Honey.[/nq]
Actually it's "Come here, Honey!" (but the reply might not be quite as gracious if you insist on leaving out "please"!!!)

[nq:2]In fiction, if one character calls another character honey, darling ... should it be: Come here honey. Or: Come here Honey.[/nq]
[nq:1]It should be "Come here, Honey". It's a proper noun in this context.[/nq]
I guess, and so far responses have been unanimous, but ..

Anyone have a sense of how often this rule is broken in print? because to me your correction doesn't look quit

[nq:2]It should be "Come here, Honey". It's a proper noun in this context.[/nq]
[nq:1]I guess, and so far responses have been unanimous, but .. Anyone have a sense of how often this rule ... your correction doesn't look quite right, and neither do the following: "Come here, Darling!" "Come here, Son! (Right this minute!)"[/nq]
This usage seems dated, but in parallel with Mom and Dad, I sup

On 12 Apr 2007 20:18:09 GMT, (Email Removed)
[nq:2]It should be "Come here, Honey". It's a proper noun in this context.[/nq]
[nq:1]I guess, and so far responses have been unanimous, but .. Anyone have a sense of how often this rule ... this, Dad!" (But "my dad likes this.") "I got a letter from Mom." (But "my mom won't let me.") Huh.[/nq]
I'd capitalize "Come here, Honey" because I'm u

[nq:2]I guess, and so far responses have been unanimous, but ... letter from Mom." (But "my mom won't let me.") Huh.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd capitalize "Come here, Honey" because I'm using "honey" as a name; a proper noun. I would not capitalize it ... are exceptions. "Come here, buttface" is the same construction, but I'm using "buttface" as a description and not a name.[/nq]
No, you're not. If yo

On 13 Apr 2007 08:17:26 -0700, "Flying Tortoise"
[nq:2]I'd capitalize "Come here, Honey" because I'm using "honey" as ... I'm using "buttface" as a description and not a name.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, you're not. If you said "Come here, you buttface!", you would be. As you have it, the phrase is indisputably vocative and "Buttface" refers to a single individual and is thus, no matter how temp

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[nq:2]Then he/she is a very bad writer![/nq]
[nq:1]Well, yes, but only because "buttface" is such a weak attempt. A good writer would use a more imaginative word.[/nq]
Right. Like "Butthead."

Beavis

It really depends on textual context, as Pat indicated. Lyn Lifshin deliberately eschews such types of capitalization, for tempo, and to achieve graphic realism.
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