I've always capitalized species, merely so that they can be differenciated from Earthen words (E.g. intern and Intern). It also just seems more polite fo some reason, I cant think why. I suppose it could be like typing 'God' instead of 'god'.
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In regards to your comments on Interns (interns), Outlaws (outlaws) and Chroniclers (chroniclers), do we have solid proof that these are the names of the species? I can understand capitalising them when saying something like 'This Wolvark is an outlaw' or 'This Outlaw is an Douchebag', but saying that they are the actual names for the species would be suggesting that they were born specifically to hold down that occupation. I haven't been on this forum for too long, so if there's anything in the Q&A thread on this that I haven't read, that's probably why.
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I see your point, and I've wondered about that myself. We have to remember that we don't yet know how old Oddworld is, or it's speed of evolution/develoment. My theory is that those species naturally found themselves doinpg those jobs, and over time, they got named as their occupation, and they may have had another, much older name before this happened. A really, really, really big stereotype, if you will.