Re: you a hobbyist or a hobbiest
- Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Aug 03, 2005
- 590 views
Kat wrote: > > On 2 Aug 2005, at 21:27, don cole wrote: > > > > > posted by: don cole <doncole at pacbell.net> > > > > Evan Marshall wrote: > > > > > > I am hobbier than thou. I am the hobbiest! > > > > > > Also, there has been entirely too much use of to to mean too. This has > > > GOT to > > > stop! > > > > > While we are at it: > > > > Too many Euphorians are using the lower case i to mean the first person > > > > singular I. > > I put forth that uppercase 'i' to mean one's self is improper, and is riding > the > coattails of British royalty. No other pronoun is capitalised, except when > royalty refers to itself as "We" or "Our", a grandiose display of egoism i can > > do without, even if You cannot. But i will consent to spell "i" properly. > > Kat > > I don't know much about a link between 'I' and British royalty. All I know is that capitalizing it makes it much easier on the eyes (!) when reading. ===================================== Too many freaks, not enough circuses. j.