Drop the i
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Drop the i
I'm thinking of changing the capitalized I and just using i from now on. It requires me to hit an extra button on my key board, which i frequently can't be bothered to do. Why should i? Why is it capitalized anyway? Using i is much less imposing and seems somehow more humble and respectful.
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I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
I didn't even know sheep ate bananas.
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The Laughing Man
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well..first of all, stop thinking. Make a decision and do it. I use excessive amounts of the comma and elispes. I like to slow down the reader to a more conversational nature of communication. Thats my excuse and I am sticking to it. ee cummings did his thing,,i can do mine. So can you.
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I don't think it really matters. When i is not capitalized, it is not a different word in English, so I don't think anyone will be confused. I don't really want to train myself to type it without the capitalization, but if you feel like typing it in lower-case, I'm not going to stop you or think poorly of you. Now, when I teach English classes, I still require my students to use "I" instead of "i", but I am required by law to teach Standard American English (whatever that is supposed to mean). This web site is not my classroom, and never will be.
i am always me.
i am a lazy typist.
i never capitalize i.
the only time i capitalize i
is when i'm copying lyrics
and pasting them in the
fav lyrics or dedicated or
any other thread.
if i have to amend the lyrics
or correct them in any way
i make the corrections
then i have to go back through
and change all the I's to i's,
unless i'm too lazy at the time.
which i usually am.
i vote forget the shift key.
i am a lazy typist.
i never capitalize i.
the only time i capitalize i
is when i'm copying lyrics
and pasting them in the
fav lyrics or dedicated or
any other thread.
if i have to amend the lyrics
or correct them in any way
i make the corrections
then i have to go back through
and change all the I's to i's,
unless i'm too lazy at the time.
which i usually am.
i vote forget the shift key.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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lIke lucImay saId, why lImIt yourself to not capItalIzIng only I's??? It's an extra keystroke to capItalIze the fIrst word of a sentence as well. 
I may do just the opposIte and capItalIze only I's. hehehe.
I may do just the opposIte and capItalIze only I's. hehehe.
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rIght on.ur-bane wrote:lIke lucImay saId, why lImIt yourself to not capItalIzIng only I's??? It's an extra keystroke to capItalIze the fIrst word of a sentence as well.
I may do just the opposIte and capItalIze only I's. hehehe.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Exactly. Besides, it's not in my best interest to antagonize the IiIiIiIiIiIis...Wyldewode wrote:My years of training in English literature forbid me from endorsing the use of lowercase "i" in reference to a person. However, it is still a free world, so I say do whatever makes you happy.
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eye get it! you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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The capitalized I probably has something to do with that whole ego-dominated Anglo-Saxon culture thing. I can't think of another language in which the first-person singular pronoun is capitalized, tho I'm sure someone will come up with one as soon as I post this....
At one point, when I was a news person, I used to type all my copy in lowercase. It saved all kinds of keystrokes (and we were using manual typewriters, so saving keystrokes was a big deal). Then I worked at a place where we did everything in uppercase -- just hit "shift lock" and off you go. Of course, you can't do uppercase-only on the Innernetz (hey Luci, I remembered!
) because then you get accused of shouting. Sigh. Rules is hard.
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