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From: jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (just being friendly)
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Subject: Du
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Date: Fri, 30-Dec-83 23:37:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 30 23:37:51 1983
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I don't know how the capitalization of "I" began, but I can give an example
of similar selective capitalization in another language.  In German, when
one writes a letter, one capitalizes all 2nd-person pronouns (in any
declension).  This is because it is in the "German national character"
to assign some importance to our audience.

	I used to be a German national character,
	but have since been "naturalized",

	Jens Bernhard Fiederer