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[Arnold Zwicky]

On Aug 9, 2013, at 8:11 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

>> As for "unicase", I like it, but we have to add the modifiers "minuscule
>> unicase" and "majuscule unicase" to distinguish between what's been
>> called zwicky case
>
> formerly known as archy/cummings case?
>
> LH
>
>> AND SHOUTING, both of which are "unicases."

my use of all-lowercase in e-mail is something i picked up from ellen prince, who used it as a time-saving device.  of course, it wasn't original with either of us.  and there are plenty of other people on the net who use it.

arnold

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