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[gnomi]

(actually, this one came from grammargasm)

Q:Why does English capitalize the letters that it does?

A:According to Ask a Linguist, formal capitalization rules in English are a relatively recent codification. As late as the early 18th century, it was all still in flux. It settled down to approximately our current system by the mid-18th century.

See the thread for a much more detailed answer.

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[tapuz.livejournal.com]

I like your Ask Nomi userpic :-)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

When I decided that I'd put some AskNomi stuff here, I figured I needed an icon for it. So I played around in PaintShop until I came up with this. :-)