Did you know people were using capital letters to shout in print as far back as 1856?
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Did you know people were using capital letters to shout in print as far back as 1856?
This week, I talked with Mastodon's very own technology historian, @glennf, who traced the history of "shouty caps" through centuries of newspapers, old Usenet posts, and even German dialect jokes.
There's also fascinating stuff about typesetters and costs. Check it out!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/ygyknQ3IDUo?si=FxyNRgCHEsO-uzus
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1161/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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Did you know people were using capital letters to shout in print as far back as 1856?
This week, I talked with Mastodon's very own technology historian, @glennf, who traced the history of "shouty caps" through centuries of newspapers, old Usenet posts, and even German dialect jokes.
There's also fascinating stuff about typesetters and costs. Check it out!
WATCH: https://youtu.be/ygyknQ3IDUo?si=FxyNRgCHEsO-uzus
READ: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/1161/transcript
LISTEN: https://pod.link/173429229
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