Paul Graham on Twitter: "Trend I've noticed in children's books: using uppercase for emphasis (because kids don't get italics). Anyone know when this started? It wasn't in books when I was a kid, though it probably was in comics."

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1. Grant McNaught‏ @mcnut 13 Feb 2019
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  While it wasn’t in any of the Little Golden books I’ve read recently, it is prominently in the Elephant and Piggie books, which started in 2007
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1. Grant McNaught‏ @mcnut 13 Feb 2019
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  Also Sandra Boynton may be a good source for a timeline, as she’s been prolific since 1974 - I’m wondering if she followed this trend.
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1. Jasper Gilley‏ @jaspergilley 13 Feb 2019
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  Not sure this is necessarily a recent development — this is notably present in AA Milne’s writing, for example
  
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1. Sarah Kathleen Peck‏ @sarahkpeck 13 Feb 2019
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  I’ve seen the letters just get way larger when emphasis is needed. (Example: splat the cat.) Also my kid, 2, tells me I need to “use my outside voice” for those words.
  
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1. Dr Jochen L Leidner‏ @jochenleidner 13 Feb 2019
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  I remember bigger letters and syllabification with hyphens and possibly exclamation marks to express that "IM-POS-SI-BLE!". (I hope there isn't any chidren's book that uses 'LOL' or 'so I was like' yet.)
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1. 0xe886‏ @0xe886 13 Feb 2019
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  Probably medieval books (?)
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1. Jeff Atwood‏Verified account @codinghorror 13 Feb 2019
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  have you read this? It's really really fun http://thebookwithnopictures.com/
  
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1. Nemil Dalal‏ @nemild 13 Feb 2019
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  @BookishAriel might know?
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