diff --git a/lib/convert-worker.js b/lib/convert-worker.js
index 74c9344..cf14d7a 100644
--- a/lib/convert-worker.js
+++ b/lib/convert-worker.js
@@ -512,6 +512,12 @@ function fixCapitalization(xml, book) {
   xml = xml.replace(/(?<![a-z])nazi/g, "Nazi");
   xml = xml.replace(/ Neo-/g, " neo-");
 
+  // Style guides disagree on whether items like "english muffin", "french toast", and "french kiss" need their
+  // adjective capitalized. The books mostly use lowercase, so let's stick with that. (substitutions.json corrects one
+  // case of "French toast".)
+  xml = xml.replace(/english(?! muffin)/g, "English");
+  xml = xml.replace(/(?<! {2})English muffin/g, "english muffin");
+
   return xml;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/substitutions.json b/lib/substitutions.json
index 385a81b..c558abc 100644
--- a/lib/substitutions.json
+++ b/lib/substitutions.json
@@ -6747,6 +6747,10 @@
     {
       "before": "thing number one.  it’s not a lot",
       "after": "thing number one.  It’s not a lot"
+    },
+    {
+      "before": "French toast",
+      "after": "french toast"
     }
   ],
   "https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/31/from-within-16-6/": [