> > > > > > Hi Folks,,
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> > > > > > lf any parents of our Rousseau School community would like our monthly newsletter sent to them directly via email, please send your email address to rotait@hwdsb.on.ca
> > > > >
> > > > > Can people really substitute the letter "I" with the letter "l"? I'm not an English major, but this just doesn't seem right.
> > > >
> > > > It's a rule in Canadian English. You can only do it after the double comma.
> > > >
> > > > -FP
> > >
> > > Actually, you can also do it after a six-pack of beer. That's the more common usage.
> > >
> > > Don "Proudly Canadian" Monkey
> >
> > I don't know, it just doesn't quite sound right to say "L Am Canadian!"
> >
> > ^v^:)^v^
> > FB
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> Back in the days of manual typewriters, there was no "1" key. Lower case L was substituted for the numeral 1 as a matter of course. I don't know where the I fit in.
>
> Mousies are old.

I was thinking the same thing. That was the way I was taught in school. The real kicker was the exclamation mark. Hit the lower case L and then backspace and add the period.

silverfoxes are also old.