Tuesday, 17 May 2011
I but you?
It probably hasn't escaped your attention that i write "I" i. Why am i capitalised but not you or him or her or it; not even we gets that lovely capitalising treatment (isn't it a little egocentric, at least be consistent). But names do, sure. Strange aggrandisement rules. i'm happy to capitalise people i like or rather people i think deserve it the same goes for cities. But some names just look better lower case, the example that comes to mind is bogota, don't know why, it's just aesthetics. Capitals were previously used when people didn't put spaces between words but i think we can probably say it's safe to say i is fine and personally i like the little dot hovering above my personal pronoun and i'm not sure i deserve capitalisation yet, something to aim for maybe.
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