Case sensitivity

Mark Jackson mjackson at alumni.caltech.edu
Tue Feb 25 07:20:19 EST 2003


"Andrew Dalke" <adalke at mindspring.com> writes:
> Coming late to the thread ...
> 
> Alex:
> > Oh you say they can't HEAR you miscapitalized it?  Well,
> > well -- what a surprise!
> 
> An amusing piece of trivia - this sentence when spoken usually sounds
> different if the word "polish" is capitalized.

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

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