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From: esr@iheds.UUCP (E. Rieback)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Capitalized pronouns
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Date: Thu, 29-Dec-83 16:13:13 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 29 16:13:13 1983
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Can anyone explain why the pronoun I is always capitalized and the other
pronouns are not?  Does any other language have this distinction?
My own theory is that either early English speakers were an egotistical
lot, or else they were too lazy to dot their i's!

                    E. Rieback