• @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      Gotta keep the rulers as far away from the actual people as possible. Wouldn’t want to have to rub shoulders with the rabble.

  • BrooklynMan
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    In 1785, the assembly of the Congress of the Confederation made New York City the national capital shortly after the war. New York was the last capital of the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation and the first capital under the Constitution of the United States.

    • lgstarn
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      201 year ago

      Ackthually no that is incorrect https://www.masterclass.com/articles/capital-vs-capitol

      Capital: The word “capital” can refer to money, uppercase letters, the death penalty, and capital cities that house a seat of government.
      Capitol: The word “capitol” always refers to a physical capitol building (such as the US Capitol building) or the area surrounding it (such as Capitol Hill).
      
      
      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        I thought “capital” as in uppercase letters only would refer to an uppercase letter at the start of a word.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 year ago

            Yeah, but I figured “all caps” was just a misnomer. “Capital” usually refers to something being the biggest or most important in a group of things.

            • @[email protected]
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              41 year ago

              Capital letters are the group of the biggest letters. Not necessarily within a word but in a set theory sense.

      • @[email protected]
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        Well, considering how languages evolve, “capitol” is soon to follow the fate of “literally”.

          • @[email protected]
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            So will figuratively come to mean literally? That would be figuratively funny.

            Edit: I thought about it and came to the conclusion that “literally” doesn’t mean “figuratively” but it’s just an emphasiser. So it can be used in contexts where “figuratively” would work but it literally is just there to give emphasis to the statement.