Hi Jeremy In view of the strong arguments here to the contrary, do you have time to briefly outline why the assoc. decided to standardize on the small I, or point towards the relevant archive? Thanks Best wishes Sue -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2007 19:41 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet" ? the association standardized on small i, internet a while ago. On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:16 PM, M.B.Gaved wrote:
"Internet" or "internet"?
Maybe it's also got something to do with novelty - I am sure I've seen a shift from people referring to "E-mail" towards "e-mail" and now just plain "email". In the same way I think the shift has probably happened from "Internet" to "internet" as it's now seen as commonplace and not worth capitalising.
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