On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 7:21 PM, Jim Grisanzio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> humility/politeness is locked inside exclusive groups with rigid rules that
> would greatly stress the Western definition of community. Of course, many
> Japanese people are lovely and kind and community-oriented and all th
Udhay Shankar N wrote:
for rishab.
-udhay
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03wwln-guestsafire-t.html
On Language
Me, Myself and I
By CAROLINE WINTER
Published: August 3, 2008
hey, thanks for sending that. I didn't know where the capital "I" came
from. :) I'm not surprised by the a
essay I end it.
Just cannot wait till English is replaced by Galactic Standard.
- Vinit
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On 8/20/08 12:58 AM, "Deepa Mohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That brings me to wonder, why capital letters came to be, at all...or, to be
> more precise, why there are capital and "small" letters, some of which
> actually look different from each other? Are there scripts other than
> the
On Tuesday 19 Aug 2008 10:17:25 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> i suggest that You try, as an experiment,
> to capitalize those whom You address while leaving yourselves in the
> lowercase. It may be a humbling experience. It was for me.
Not for ME though. i hv no prblm.
Actually capitalization make
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Perry E. Metzger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> english spelling is truly idiotic.
> Rather, though the lack of any central authority makes it impossible
> to reform in practice. (It also is the language's main stren
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> english spelling is truly idiotic.
Rather, though the lack of any central authority makes it impossible
to reform in practice. (It also is the language's main strength,
IMHO.)
Perry
On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 22:17 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> for rishab.
hehe. i think it's a sign of good writing to be able to do 500 words on
an essentially inexplicable quirk of language. although i actually
rather preferred the economist's article [1] on english spelling reform:
"You write pot
There's also bell hooks, of course.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Vinayak Hegde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > That brings me to wonder, why capital letters came to be, at all...or, to
> be
> > more precise, why ther
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That brings me to wonder, why capital letters came to be, at all...or, to be
> more precise, why there are capital and "small" letters, some of which
> actually look different from each other? Are there scripts other tha
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That brings me to wonder, why capital letters came to be, at all...or, to
> be
> more precise, why there are capital and "small" letters, some of which
> actually look different from each other? Are there scripts other
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> for rishab.
>
> -udhay
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03wwln-guestsafire-t.html
>
> On Language
> Me, Myself and I
> By CAROLINE WINTER
> Published: August 3, 2008
>
> Why do we capitalize the word "I"?
for rishab.
-udhay
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03wwln-guestsafire-t.html
On Language
Me, Myself and I
By CAROLINE WINTER
Published: August 3, 2008
Why do we capitalize the word “I”? There’s no grammatical reason for
doing so, and oddly enough, the majuscule “I” appears only in
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