From: invalide@invalid.invalid

Ross Clark wrote:
> another day of unknown origin and insubstantial observance
> may be (sez crystal) a reaction against use of SHOUTY CASE in digital
> communication
> anyhow, the subject (of 'bicameral' scripts) is interesting;
> see especially the history
> old roman cursive (1st century ad) shows the beginnings of some lower
> case letter-forms
> but bicamerality did not become general in europe until 1300
> and took some time to more or less stabilize in english
> you probably noticed in the text quoted yesterday from the time of henry
> iv, all nouns capitalized (as still in german)
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Bicameral_script

IS THERE A NATIONAL UPPERCASE DAY?

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