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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:08 PM Original message |
Why is the personal pronoun 'I' capitalized |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because if it weren't capitalized, it would be lowercase. |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Personally, I think the |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. This |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Know where 'lower case' comes from? |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The trays of letters that printers used? n/t |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You got it! |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. W00t! It's official! |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. i find it fascinating |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That logic doesn't stand up... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. My dear pokerfan! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Actually, ve are the center of the universe... |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. ROFL! |
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tXr (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why does the English alphabet have a "double u" (w) but not a "double n" (m)? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And a double 'U' is actually a double 'V'. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because there is no I in team! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yeah, it was "The 'A' Team" 'cause there IS an 'A' in teAm. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. To make it easier to see back in the middle ages. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. No idea, maybe I is distinct but i looks too much like a lowercase L or a 1 in |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. This has always made me laugh |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. heheh yeah - I know what you mean on both counts. I use the date command in |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Upper case I looks like an L in sans serif fonts. |
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qnr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yeah, I was thinking of that too, but most sans serif was used for headings, whereas |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, you know all about "you", don'tcha? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. In Spanish "yo" is not capitalized but "Usted" is. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. I is the same as using your name as it doesn't describe someone else or is vague? |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-21-10 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. In German, the formal you (Sie) is capitalized |
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