i may have decided that capital letters no longer appeal to me on any level. long ago it was decided i hated them for the letter i, and i rarely use them for days of the week or months, so i may forgo them all together. i am going to assume if something is that damned important, one will just know, and a capitalized first letter will not be needed. with this new found rule come exceptions, and oh dear, the list is a doozy.
1. i will use them in cover letters and on resumes. it is easier to conform than to explain, yet once hired i will convert from the inside
2. if i am to teach, and this is still an if, then i will be forced to add them into the classroom to keep said job, but on the inside, i will always see them all as little letters
3. in the book, the dream giver, they are not only needed, but clever. if one can make them clever, then hells bells to capitals. (great and fantastic read, well the first half is, the second half is another book within a book and smells of holy water)
4. i may even bust out a whole new signature - - i will have to figure out something anyways to accommodate the new name, and i have never been any good with a capital g, so this was a natural step.
5. bell hooks, a great author, has been published in the lower case, and this is all i need to know it is possible.
3 comments:
LOL Oh no! You hate capitals! I love standard punctuation and all of its wonderful rules. Have you read "Eats shoots and leaves"? That book is my personal manifesto.
Anyway, I try to use proper punctuation, capitalization, and grammar in all of my texts, emails, messages, etc., even though sometimes even I get tired of it.
Although I am a fan of capitals, I support you in the strength of your convictions, and I believe that our friendship will weather this difference. ;)
i hate capitols too, except when i am caught offgaurad and use a capitol by mistake. and unless i am writing you an email from work (which catches them automatically) or writing an email to someone i don't really know, or for work purposes, all capitols and grammer rules are out the window for the most part.
i think lower case gives lettering a certain 'artistic' edge to everything.
"on the inside, i will always see them all as little letters"
brilliant!
cxx
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