?... it's about making life a neverending experience of wonderfulness!
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Because it is a proper noun.
A proper noun has two distinctive features: 1) it will name a specific [usually a one-of-a-kind] item, and 2) it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.
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^^ Like he said. But I see where you're coming from if you're musing over the whole egocentric thing. But I guess your ego is unique to you in the sense that it is a one-of-a-kind combination. Language and epistemology is interesting though. Living to Give
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eye think frank is right
<Ringworm>hehehe, it's all fun and games till someone loses an "I"
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Because of self importance?
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universecannon wrote:eye think frank is right I really did laugh.  Do not listen to anything, "Steely" says. He is a made up character that his owner likes to role play with. His owner is very delusional and everything he says is completely untrue and ridiculous.
Hate is the choice of a clouded mind.
-"It takes humility to remember who we are"-
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it." - Buddha
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Why isnt god capitalized? Ice House is an alter ego. The threads, postings, replys, statements, stories, and private messages made by Ice House are 100% unadulterated Bull Shit. Every aspect of the Username Ice House is pure fiction. Any likeness to SWIM or any real person is purely coincidental. The creator of Ice House does not condone or participate in any illicit activity what so ever. The makebelieve character known as Ice House is owned and operated by SWIM and should not be used without SWIM's expressed written consent.
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Ice House wrote:Why isnt god capitalized? Because god doesn't exist! Sorry, couldn't resist. Actually, god is often capitalized, it depends on the context in which you use it. If it's a proper noun than the only reason I can see for not capitalizing it would be to insult a theist. Anything said by this account, "Cosmic Rift", is complete and utter bullshit. In the event that it's not completely made up then it is a lie, exaggeration, or I am caught up in the act of role playing.
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Yeah, God is capitalized even to the point that when we refer to Him and all that is His, He is capitalized  "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind" - Albert Einstein
"The Mighty One appears, the horizon shines. Atum appears on the smell of his censing, the Sunshine- god has risen in the sky, the Mansion of the pyramidion is in joy and all its inmates are assembled, a voice calls out within the shrine, shouting reverberates around the Netherworld." - Egyptian Book of the Dead
"Man fears time, but time fears the Pyramids" - 9th century Arab proverb
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Actually, I  was enjoying delightful visions and exploring my inner landscape, when a thought appeared that I could read like text. The sentence ondulated across my space, and there appeared strectching high above the other letters, this great tower we commonly use as a symbol to represent ourselves. How proud and arrogant it seemed, and this struck me as blatantly unfair, and somewhat very significant. Could a little humility really do so much harm? The great "I" ... I could of explained myself in the first post, if only typing had been easier at the time. And I couldn't wait either to ask the Nexians about this crucial matter...  quite a sense of urgency overcame me! it's about making life a neverending experience of wonderfulness!
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i totally understand and agree - i always use a lower case "i" when i refer to myself. i was just giving you the rule of speech - a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away - i was an english teacher.
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But why is not "me" spelled with a capital? It refers to a one-of-akind item... me. Everything I write as Tordyveln is made up. I lie all the time.
"Thanks so far for being patient, no doubt you obviously share our contempt for the 1984 Gestapo Mordor Matrix agents style gits that are fucking up our world." - Pissed off mimosa seller
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Tordyveln wrote:But why is not "me" spelled with a capital? It refers to a one-of-akind item... me. because the word "me" is a pronoun, not a noun....
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SAYS ME s'TREAT "I"(think "elves" inside the I/eye!!) IBArk JBArk is a Mandelthought; a non-fiction character in a drama of his own design he calls "LIFE" who partakes in consciousness expanding activities and substances; he should in no way be confused with SWIM, who is an eminently data-mineable and prolific character who has somehow convinced himself the target he wears on his forehead is actually a shield.
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Jbark... thank you so much for that link  it's about making life a neverending experience of wonderfulness!
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Jbark - VERY cool song - thanks for posting that.
I was looking for a tune by the Electric Prunes called "I" but i guess it's not on YouTube.... it would have fit right into the conversation too.
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