Dear List, I've recently completed transcriptions of some 76 pieces of Civil War- era correspondence. I know that many of you have passed through the transcription jungle, so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has encountered the method of dealing with the personal pronoun 'I" that many of these letters exhibited. Basically, the first use of "I" would be capitalized, but after that it was always a lower-case "i." The "i" s outweighed the "I"s by a ton (driving the erstwhile transcriber nuts because WORD automatically switches it to upper-case). It's possible that this usage may have been idiosynchratic to one family or to a specific area, hence my question whether anyone else has seen a similar phenomenon. Jack Fallin Walnut Creek, CA
I have transcribed a great deal of old correspondence and have not encountered the lower case "i". Maybe the lower case "i" was a specific group of letter writers. Here is a link to transcribed correspondence from people connected to the East New Market area: http://collinsfactor.com/letters/letters.htm If anyone else has access to any other letters that mention this area let me know. Frank On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Jack Fallin <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List, > > I've recently completed transcriptions of some 76 pieces of Civil War- > era correspondence. I know that many of you have passed through the > transcription jungle, so I thought I'd ask if anyone else has > encountered the method of dealing with the personal pronoun 'I" that > many of these letters exhibited. Basically, the first use of "I" > would be capitalized, but after that it was always a lower-case "i." > The "i" s outweighed the "I"s by a ton (driving the erstwhile > transcriber nuts because WORD automatically switches it to upper-case). > > It's possible that this usage may have been idiosynchratic to one > family or to a specific area, hence my question whether anyone else > has seen a similar phenomenon. > > Jack Fallin > Walnut Creek, CA > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >