ease of comprehension-relevant?

[Scott Sadowsky]

On 9/10/2002 09:06, RonButters at AOL.COM wrote the following:

><< It
>would have been better if it had led to firm conclusions either way
>about the relative ease of comprehension of upper- and lower-case
>messages, but that subject is, after all, rather off-topic for this
>list. >>
>
>it seems to me that this question is of direct relevance to the question of
>how and why this odd rule got started in the first place, so to my mind it
>would definitely be worth pursuing within the framework of the semiotics of
>contemporary American English

Hmmm.... I thought it was common knowledge that the ascenders, descenders,
and varying letter heights of lowercase letters greatly facilitate their
recognition by readers.

Cheers,
Scott

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