OpenEuphoria

Re: you a hobbyist or a hobbiest

• Posted by DB James <larch at adelphia.net> Aug 03, 2005
• 622 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


Hi,

It is probably better to do as you have decided to do: to spell the capital "I"
according to common usage for the simple reason that to proclaim humility by
conspicuously using lowercase "i" is a contradiction.  It has the effect of
shining a spotlight on oneself as being humbler than the other thou's.  I never
see that lowercase "i" as being other than by an egotist proud of being more
unassuming than others.

A related affectation is the use either of all uppercase or lowercase.  The
message seems to be: "I am so busy and focused that I have no time to use the
shift key; I leave that to drones..."  But to me it says:  "I am a raving *******
and here is my questionable opinion."

--Quark