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Seems to be in preparation for some spectator sport and this brought to mind the major hyped event in the US that imminently approaching: the so-called "Super Bowl".
One may point out that it can't be much of an event when the biggest news around it is the advertisement and halftime show. But there is some good that comes of it:
On that self-same day, here where I dwell, thousands* head to the beach, including bikini babes, and make a mad dash into the surf. Those who register help raise money for the "Make a Wish Foundation[^]". Also, it's a great time to go shopping as a great many weekend shoppers stay home to ingest copious quantities of salty greasy . . . and hope for a wardrobe mishap.
* I'm neither crazy enough nor young enough to endure such masochism
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Oh, that reminds me, I have to find out who's going to lose to the Patriots this year.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Seems to be in preparation for some spectator sport and this brought to mind the major hyped event in the US that imminently approaching: the so-called "Super Bowl".
Yes, the flag's a huge give-away,
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Mark_Wallace wrote: the flag's a huge give-away,
I'll take ten, please.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I'll take ten, please.
Only nine per customer, so you get nothing, for being greedy.
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In English, why is "I" capitalised? Things like "me", "you", "they", "he", "she", etc. are not. When I am typing quickly sometimes the "I" comes out as "i" and i wonder, why is this so wrong?
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no reason really, it's just something we do
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It's just to irritate the Dutch 
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And the rest of the world. Must be a remnant from their collonial days when they thought they ruled the entire world (presumably also to the irritation of the Dutch who ALSO thought they ruled the entire world). 
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touché
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Johnny J. wrote: when they thoughtknew they ruled the entire world
FTFY. 
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It's the last refuge of the solipsists. 
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: It's the last refuge of the solipsists.
Had to look that word up. Learned a new word today.
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In the German language "you" (Sie) is capitalised, I (ich) is not, just noticing.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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And what to think about this:
Quote: Du bist alles was ich habe auf der Welt
Du bist alles was ich will
Du, du allein kannst mich versteh'n
Du, du darfst nie mehr von mir geh'n
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Nicht slecht kerl 
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Urban Cricket wrote: In the German language "you" (Sie) is capitalised
that's the "you" in respectful form, which... without the capitalization wouldn't be possible to differentiate it from "sie" (they).
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That's what I mean. Although I have seen in correspondence "du" also capitalized as "Du" as in.
"Wie geht's Dir"
BTW English doesn't even have a "respectful you"...
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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Actually, maybe the question should be why the others aren't capitalized.
They're in place of proper name which are always capitalized. It actually is done (in religious literature) if one is referring to deity - at least one that the write believes in.
Using 'i' simply leads us to think you spend all our time texting and tweeting . . . nothing to worry about.
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So you can confuse people. I or l or 1? (in certain fonts, of course)
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I just realised that if i start using lowercase "L" or "1" then l (or 1) can save a lot of pressing the shift key!
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Good luck with debugging that.
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Because when people refer to themselves with "i" on the Interwebs, they sound stupid.
But if you want to complain about capitalising words, have go at the Germans!
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I just had a thought. If we started using "i" instead of "I" then that is like a little body with a head on it. Then Zaphod Beeblebrox could use "ï".
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