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Old 02-12-2010, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by E93 View Post
Question #1: Why do all ebay scammers have no lower case function on their computers?
Just wondering...
JimB
Jim, I googled your first question and here is what I was told. Apparently, in the old times when printers set font by hand a letter at a time, they placed the case holding the most frequent forms of the letters on a lower shelf for convenience. They called this box the "lower case" or "uncapitalized". Capital letters were placed higher in a different box called the "upper case" or "capitalized." With the advent of the Al Gore internet, which gave rise to the dictionary.com website. Scammers soon realized that "uncapitalized" was not a word. Thus, their "code of ethics" bylaws does not allow them to use uncapitalized letters. They have their standards. Hope that helps!

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