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I'd argue that the telephone and the television are the equivalent of
the computer, which is always lower case, but there is no equivalent to
the multi-headed hydra that is the Internet. The phone system, at
least to my knowledge, was never thought of as this separate thing that
had it's own culture and a life of it's own. Ditto television. Phones
connect one-to-one, not really as part of a community except in the
sense that you could call anyone you knew the number for. Television
was mostly one-way, so no community there. The Internet is, in my
mind, different. It's unique, and deserving of it's capital "I". It's
more like a place than an object.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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Donovan Arnold wrote:
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cite="mid20060711021007.67578.qmail@web38110.mail.mud.yahoo.com"
type="cite">Chas,<br>
<br>
So if I use Yahoo Search instead of Googling, am I Yahooing?<br>
<br>
I agree that if telephone and television are lowercase, so should
Internet. <br>
<br>
Best,<br>
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_DJA<br>
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<b><i>Chasuk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:chasuk@gmail.com"><chasuk@gmail.com></a></i></b> wrote:
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On 7/10/06, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com=""> wrote:<br>
<br>
> OK, so does Googling mean, only using "Google"? Can you Google on
Yahoo, or<br>
> Google by Mr. Jeeves, or does Googling, strictly mean using Google?<br>
<br>
I wouldn't use the word "Googling" to refer to searches performed on<br>
other services, but I believe that the usage, if it persists, will<br>
eventually encompass all competing services, if that hasn't already<br>
started to happen.<br>
<br>
> And another question, can Internet be spelled with a little "i"?
Some one<br>
> needs to write an official rules of the Internet book.<br>
<br>
I find "internet" ugly, but <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.wired.com">www.wired.com</a> specifies the small "i" in<br>
their style book. Logically, I suppose that small "i" makes sense, as<br>
we don't refer to to "Telephone" and "Television."<br>
<br>
-- <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/">http://emmagoldman.wordpress.com/</a><br>
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"Aren't people absurd! They never use the freedoms they do have, but<br>
demand those they don't have; they have freedom of thought, they<br>
demand freedom of speech." -- Søren Kierkegaard<br>
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