@mwichary I've moved the block back: Here's a CAPITAL SHOUTING from 1816, 40 years earlier than my previous find: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30653178/earliest_known_use_of_capitals_for/ …
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Replying to @GlennF
Hm. Ockham Razor: Couldn’t it be emphasis in this case…?
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It seems like more of a printing joke there. A voice coming from a pile of capital letters would have to speak in all caps.
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Replying to @thomasafine @mwichary
Yes, but the notion that VOICE reproduced in capitals implied louder seems to be significant. The previous sentence notes that bells tolled to “loudly” confirm the hour, then the VOICE spoke.
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Replying to @GlennF @thomasafine
To my eyes, FWIW, that feels much more tenuous of a connection. But also, I’m curious: is there much use in finding an earlier discovery that’s a one-off, disconnected from a later trend? (Ties into a larger theme I’m struggling with of the value of the “first.”)
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(I mean, don’t get me wrong, I do that myself A LOT. :·) )
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