Thanks, Stuart, for clearing this up for me. I knew about nouns being capitalized. Elsie -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Bechman Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BW] e. V. e.V.: Eingetragener Verein (German: Registered Association) The "V" is capitalized because all nouns are capitalized in German. -S Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:48:10 -0400 From: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BW] e. V. Always wondered what e.V. meant. Can someone explain it to me? Thank you, Elsie > He is a member of the Arbeitskreis Heimatpflege > Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe e.V. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message