Been having a perpetual discussion about this, and thought I would bring it here:
I have characters in my WIP that have a mutation. The technical term is the kaonic mutation, so they're typically referred to as kaons, whereas those without the mutation are naturals. So my question is, should kaon be capitalized? It's not an organized group or nationality; if anything, it's borderline derogatory.
I hadn't ever even considered it, thinking it on par with chef or jogger, but then I had a reader call me out on it. We've been batting it around for the past couple days, and neither of us have found a precedence for it, so hopefully one of you will have it.
I have characters in my WIP that have a mutation. The technical term is the kaonic mutation, so they're typically referred to as kaons, whereas those without the mutation are naturals. So my question is, should kaon be capitalized? It's not an organized group or nationality; if anything, it's borderline derogatory.
I hadn't ever even considered it, thinking it on par with chef or jogger, but then I had a reader call me out on it. We've been batting it around for the past couple days, and neither of us have found a precedence for it, so hopefully one of you will have it.