{"id":1104,"date":"2019-02-01T12:06:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yannfortier.ca\/blog\/capitalized-words-not-always\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:23:46","slug":"capitalized-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yannfortier.ca\/en\/blog\/capitalized-words\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPITALIZED words? 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