What is this annoying capitalization of "I" all about?
When I write in German, ich is not capitalized but You, Yours, His, Hers and Theirs when speaking of your family. It is the same in French and probably all other civilized languages in the world.
So, why this aggrandizing of the self in English? Any idea?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Thanks, @Spinliesel for this opportunity to use “beg the question”. It’s a first for me.
If there is an antonym for “aggrandize”, it’s not in my Oxford book of synonyms and antonyms. I’ll have to settle for my decades-old memory of having been told by a Roman Catholic nun that starting a sentence with the capitalized first person singular pronoun is prideful and a sin.
Since I enjoy being aggrandized by whoever wants to accomodate me, I will respond to your query only by saying that due to laziness I occasionally type a lower case first person singular pronoun.
yvilletom
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Apr 22, 2021
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I have been under the impression that proper names of things should also be capitalized for sometime now . Cat , Dog , Crow , Table , Northern Boarder of Maine . . . I mean about that , the Northern Boarder is an official place , yet not capitalized 
I could just go on . . .
Dougy
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Sep 18, 2020
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buncha fking conformists.
i don't believe in capital letters, although i will sometimes use a capital for the name of someone i respect.
callmedubious
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Sep 11, 2020
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My man! I like your thinking.
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