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[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Honestly that really helps with context, although I think the comparison of capitalizing other pronouns with a capital I is based on a misunderstanding of why I is capitalized.

I is capitalized due to a common way of writing the letter to avoid confusion with similar looking letters in manuscripts due to how the letters were shaped, similar to some spellings are a result of the printing press where the letters f and s were sometimes switched.

Still it is interesting in an e e cummings not always following the common capitalization practices kind of way.

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