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Re: USAGE: (No) Capitals in "I", "you" and one's e-mail signature
Subject:Re: USAGE: (No) Capitals in "I", "you" and one's e-mail signature From:Layna Andersen <laynaa -at- CARECOMPUTER -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 6 Oct 1998 11:20:08 +0000
> I can only speak for myself, but here goes...
>
> On Tuesday, October 06, 1998 2:53 PM, Dr Rita Puzmanova wrote:
> >
> > 1) Why does someone use "i" (meaning me) instead of "I" (in e-mail,
> > namely)?
>
> Could be 2 reasons, one - to save time, and two - to avoid confusion with
> lowercase el "l".
A third reason: some people think it's "cute". Usually indicates a high-school
age crush on e e cummings.