Re: my revision to English
codeman38, on host 171.216.20.159
Thursday, January 13, 2000, at 16:13:29
my revision to English posted by Silvercup on Thursday, January 13, 2000, at 16:01:36:
> Today in history class, i learned something interesting from a language major. She told the class that the English language is the only one that capitalizes the letter "i". It shows how much my European ancestors thought about only themselves, since "we", "group", "community", etc. have no capitalization needed for them. Thus, from now on, i will show that i do not care only about myself, since this is what i feel, and i will not capitalize it again. (unless it begins a sentence) > Sil "i am one with the population" vercup
Actually, I thought it had to do with the techniques of printing with movable type, in which a lowercase "i" often tended to blend into nearby words when it was intended as a separate word. But then again, I could be misled...
-- codeman"then again, the artist formerly known as Prince capitalized 'U'"38
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