I wonder if this...

I wonder if this... Written by Reeba (8/30/2005 5:05 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Uppercase letters, penned by Maisy

has its origin in German, where they always write the noun with a capital letter.

I see a lot of words in English with German roots.

Uppercase letters Maisy (8/30/2005 4:37 p.m.)

Thanks to all Maisy (8/31/2005 11:36 a.m.)
Happens in other source material too Tracy W (8/30/2005 11:04 p.m.)
I wonder if this... Reeba (8/30/2005 5:05 p.m.)
When I see the capped words... Robbin (8/30/2005 5:04 p.m.)
- Yes, this is how I see it as well Maisy (8/30/2005 5:08 p.m.)
  - Yes, it was common to capitalize English nouns... Line (8/30/2005 6:33 p.m.)

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