Posted by jojo on 07/06/06 21:58

Els wrote:

>>>>> (btw... just a little thing, I am very sensitive... when I write
>>>>> I write with a small "w" ...)
>>>> Not guilty, your honour - jojo wrote "Wrote". I would always observe your
>>>> case sensitivity.
>>>>
>>> You are right. I am tired. Germans are always using capital
>>> letters a lot... look at their philosophers... It does not help
>>> their causes and I do wish they would stop doing it. I think the
>>> modern German has a different mentality and is not so prone to it.
>>>
>> If I could change German grammar I would... takes a lot of time to type
>> all these capital letters... But I unfortunately cannot change it.
>> And because I have to use all those capital letters I'm used to type
>> them, so my apologies if I sometimes write some in English, too. I
>> didn't want to upset you, believe me.
>>
> But.. in German only nouns have capital letters - not verbs :-)
>
Right... I know my excuse is not very convincing... but I didn't know a
better one...
And I didn't want to use the common "Sorry, just a typo"... IMHO this is
the less creative excuse which does exist... :-D

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