03-04-2012, 01:59 PM
Me: A name i call myself. i(I) used to use "me" as a familiar and/or
less egomaniacal form of 'I'. But when 'i' started coming into use,
i(I) started using 'i' instead. My reasoning was that when incorrect
capitalization was compared to improper subjectivication, the former
would be considered the lesser of the two evils. Of course, me holds
'me' in reserve for those situations that call for greater evil. And,
double-of-course, ME double-capitalizes 'me' whenever I is feeling
epically proportioned and in need of some strict objectivicationing.
Future:
i(I) predict that the English first-person singular personal pronoun
will return to its original lower case form for four reasons:
1. Most search engines (like Google) make very little use of case
in their searches. This isn't because they can't (try "Will" and
"will"); but because they base their search results on actual user's
searches and, even more importantly, on advertiser's desires. Neither
of which, it seems, places much importance on case. So... as the great
Ned Needham said: "If i can't find it, it doesn't exist."
2. Using uppercase for emphasis such as: "this IS important" or "WHAT?"
has become quite popular. This leads to this phrase: "it's not what I
think that matters" meaning something different than "it's not what i
think that matters".
3. Voice recognition software.
4. Touch screens.
P.S. Not that lower case "i" is going to be commonly used that much longer
either: Written literacy rates are decreasing. They are decreasing faster
in countries with high proportions of 'smart phones'. There's HUGE debate
as to its cause/effect/existence... write (or, if you can't, draw) your own
conclusion(s).
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