On 27 Nov 2012, at 13:53, Clive Hohberger <cph13_at_case.edu> wrote:
> BTW, the routine capitalization of 'E' in E-mail came in the 1990's from William Safire's "On Language" column in the NY Times newspaper: He made the analogy with "T-shirt".
The T in T-shirt is capitalized because of the shape of the letter and the garment.
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Received on Tue Nov 27 2012 - 08:33:48 CST
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