cathmom Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 My dds want to know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycalling Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 :lurk5: I want to know, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime. Koine greek does not, either. I'd write a sentence to prove it, but there's no greek font here. So you'll have to trust me. So, that's two languages down. Any others? Oh! Hebrew doesn't have capitalization (that I'm aware of), so that's three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Swedish and Norwegian don't so that's two down :001_smile: I can't remember German sorry:blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Well Arabic doesn't have any capital letters at all, if that's of interest... can make it hard sometimes if someone's name also happens to be a word in common usage -- like the male name Sa'eed, but sa'eed also means 'happy'. You can only tell which by the context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I believe English is the only language that capitalizes the first person singular pronoun. Egotistical bunch aren't we? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouseacademy Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Spanish doesn't either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 In German, the only pronoun that is capitalized is the formal you (Sie). At least that is how I remember it. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 We have had Korean students that often do not capitalize "I" in English or proper nouns. So, I am thinking that they do not have a similar concept in Korean. Very interesting question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raders Fan Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I think Serbian and Croatian don't, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 In German, the only pronoun that is capitalized is the formal you (Sie). At least that is how I remember it. Jane Correct. And German isn't shy about capitalizations - every noun is always capitalized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I believe English is the only language that capitalizes the first person singular pronoun. Egotistical bunch aren't we? :lol: Naw, we're just practical. Printers began capitalizing "I" long ago because they didn't think lower case was actually easy to be seen when someone was reading, KWIM? So they began using capital I. Makes sense to me. Don't most other languages have multiple characters in their first person pronouns?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_claire Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Here is an article I read a few months ago that relates: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03wwln-guestsafire-t.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Naw, we're just practical. Printers began capitalizing "I" long ago because they didn't think lower case was actually easy to be seen when someone was reading, KWIM? So they began using capital I. Makes sense to me. Don't most other languages have multiple characters in their first person pronouns?? If that is true, then why isn't "a" capitalized?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurel Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If that is true, then why isn't "a" capitalized?:D Because it's not nearly as important as *I*! (Back to that egotistical thing...) No, really though, if while reading your eyes pass by the word "a" you wouldn't even notice. If you missed the subject of the sentence, however, you'd be in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 If you missed the subject of the sentence, however, you'd be in trouble. Because it is all about *ME* after all! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_claire Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 If that is true, then why isn't "a" capitalized?:D It's because an i needs another letter to hold up the dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 We have had Korean students that often do not capitalize "I" in English or proper nouns. So, I am thinking that they do not have a similar concept in Korean. Very interesting question. Korean doesn't have capital letters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Not in Latin, French or Russian. Those are the only ones *I* know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Korean doesn't have capital letters. Well, there you go. I learned something new today. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Thanks for that article! It was interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
percytruffle Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 It's because an i needs another letter to hold up the dot. :D It does look pretty silly all by itself, so insignificant. We can't have that. i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacie Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Very interesting what kids come up with sometimes. I hadn't thought about it before now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom to Aly Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 From what I remember, from a discussion in a linguistics class, English is the only language that capitalizes "I". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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