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R. Giskard Reventlov4-Mar-14 5:09
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OriginalGriff4-Mar-14 5:35
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Ah. Well...now you ask...

In Old and Middle English, the word for "I" was closer to its German cousin "ich" and it was often spelled "ic" However, all languages change, and the pronunciation changed over time, losing the "c".
Trouble was, it looked bad: it was tiny, and easy to miss, so it slowly grew in size to make it more noticeable and readable - bear in mind that it was all hand-written (on expensive materials) in those days.
Slowly, the height grew, and it became a capital letter.
Interestingly, the only other accepted single-letter word in English "a" didn't do this, partly because it is less essential to the sentence, and partly because the capital "A" is more intrusive visually!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
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