Case sensitivity

Andrew Dalke adalke at mindspring.com
Tue Feb 25 10:11:50 EST 2003


Me:
> An amusing piece of trivia - this sentence when spoken usually sounds
> different if the word "polish" is capitalized.

Mark Jackson:
> Hm.  "Kiwi Shoe Polish."  "Kiwi shoe polish."  Nope, can't hear it.  :-)

While *that* sentence rarely sounds different.

Sadly, I haven't come up with a good sentence which both changes
and makes sense.  The closest is

  "Please bring me that polish rag."
  "Please bring me that Polish rag."

Except that I would say "polishing rag" for the former.

                    Andrew
                    dalke at dalkescientific.com






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