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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