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Titel: Äldre inlägg (arkiv) till 2006-05-06
Skrivet av: janek skrivet 2006-03-11, 14:58
Anna-Carin,
 
If I'm allowed to speculate further.  
I think the phrase and usage with a capital A and so on for every letter is a result of the disconnection of the expression from the religious root, at least in Swedish. Or we are inspired by the English usage.
 
Allwords.com suggest the English etymology as meaning 'relating to the head': French, from Latin capitalis, from caput head
 
My gut feeling is still that med (ett) stort o has a separate root/background than the modern usage we see in both Swedish and English. It would be interesting to put this question to linguists in both languages.
 
I feel a little stupid on your last comment, I can't see the diary usage as a negation at all ??