Helped perhaps by the fact that he knows what 'antetypical' means, Bill Fairchild has made my case better than I had made it. I did indeed have [some of] these notions in mind.
The more recent development of this thread has pleased me. Vociferous, historically tin-eared objections have been very largely replaced by assertions of preference, e.g., for the usability of minuscules in some classes of names where only majuscules may now appear. It would be all but impossible to object to these wish lists for the relaxation of traditional formatting restrictions; and I do not; but neither are they, finally, very important. (What I earlier today called the psittacism involved--their too frequent, mindless repetition in tones of moral outrage--is objectionable; but that is another matter.) John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
