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by throw0101a 31 days ago
Meta: why do people call the Internet "internet" (in English)? It's a proper noun and should be capitalized.

(Besides just the laziness of people not bothering to press shift (like not using punctuation).)

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Tends to happen as terms become familiar (Phonograph becomes phonograph, Universe becomes universe, Web site becomes website, …) and lowercase-i internet is now recommended by various style guides.