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Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Topic Options #172009 - 12/10/07 02:19 PM Re: Why the i ? [Re: tsuwm] themilum themilum veteran Registered: 05/25/02 Posts: 1529 Loc: Aladamnbama the most watered s... Originally Posted By: tsuwm or is Norman Friedman just a crank? -joe (he asks for money to support his plaque!) friday If you had a plaque I'd support it, Joe. - ee milo Top #172011 - 12/10/07 04:11 PM Re: Why the i ? [Re: themilum] BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1998 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague If you had a plaque I'd support it, Joe. - milo _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT) Top #172014 - 12/10/07 05:30 PM Re: Why the i ? [Re: BranShea] etaoin etaoin Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6081 Loc: Vermont I'd use better toothpaste. Top #172023 - 12/10/07 08:33 PM Re: Why the i ? [Re: etaoin] BranShea BranShea Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 1998 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague This type? But anyway I think the English first person singular nominative pronoun better be capital because of mentioned before fact that it contains only one character. It really gets lost as a lowercase character in ordinary texts. ik or yo or je or ich have one of the 2 or 3 characters with an "extension", making the word better noticeable. For other languages it's too much work to find out what they all look like. Sorry. Maybe specialists pull it out if their sleeves just like that. Edited by BranShea (12/11/07 02:30 AM) _________________________ above all shadows rides the sun (JRRT) Top Page 2 of 2 < 1 2 Previous Topic   Index   Next Topic   Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode themilum View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts BranShea View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts etaoin View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts BranShea View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 6541 Members 16 Forums 12082 Topics 177719 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 1 registered (1 invisible) and 16 anonymous users online. details Newest Members Word Lady, olivetolaugh, Walker Smith, Slogantees, Julie Moffitt 6540 Registered Users Top Posters 13858 wwh 11493 Faldage 9618 Jackie 8651 tsuwm 6403 AnnaStrophic 6296 Wordwind 6081 etaoin 5379 of troy 4683 maverick 4186 WhitmanO'Neill July Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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