... is mentioned

[Wilson Gray]

Chris Waigl, quoted in?/on? Arnold's blog:

'_Lowercase_ "internet" appears to be widely accepted now.'


Back in the early 'Nineties, on national Macintosh BBS's such as BMUG
and BCS/Mac, "(the) internet" was normally spelled _(the) internet_.
The capitalized "(the) Internet" is the innovation for senior-citizen
Mac users. "(The) Internet" feels like "(the) Earth." (The) _internet_
is taking the spelling back to its roots.

-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain



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