Why do we not capitalize the pronouns me and my?

Question

We capitalize the word "God." We also capitalize the words "He," "Him," and "His" when they refer to God. So, why don't we capitalize the words "me" and "my" even though they refer to "I" which is capitalized?

Answer 1

The words for God and He and Him and His are only capitalized when it is referring to the only true God and Jesus the Son of God with the Holy Spirit, because there are many other things that refer themselves to be god or gods but they are not capitalized because they are not God Almighty the Creator of the universe. We respect God and when you see God or any words that refer to Him capitalized, you now it is talking about Him and not any other thing that is trying to compete with the only God and Father of Jesus, Creator of all things. Below you can read about how i became I and the reason so.

The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology (Wilson, 1988, ISBN
0-8242-0745-9) says: "~I~ _pron._ 1137 _i;_ later _I_ (about 1250,
in _The Story of Genesis and Exodus_); developed from the unstressed
form of Old English (about 725) _ic_ singular pronoun of the first
person (nominative case). Modern and Middle English _I_ developed
from earlier _i_ in the stressed position. _I_ came to be written
with a capital letter thereby making it a distinct word and avoiding
misreading handwritten manuscripts. In the northern and midland
dialects of England the capitalized form _I_ appeared about 1250.
In the south of England, where Old English _ic_ early shifted in
pronunciation to _ich_ (by palatalization), the form _I_ did not
become established until the 1700's (although it appears
sporadically before that time)."

Answer 2

As others have indirectly suggested, "I" is not capitalized for the same reason pronouns referring to God are.

The latter --which is not a universal practice--is usually meant to show respect at God's uniqueness.

But the pronoun "I" began to be capitalized for a very practical reason, a reason that does not come into play with the forms me, my,mine.

Here is how it is laid out in the Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology (Wilson, 1988, ISBN 0-8242-0745-9):

"~I~ pron. 1137 i; later I (about 1250, in The Story of Genesis and Exodus); developed from the unstressed form of Old English (about 725) ic singular pronoun of the first person (nominative case). Modern and Middle English I developed from earlier i in the stressed position. I came to be written with a capital letter thereby making it a distinct word and avoiding misreading handwritten manuscripts. . . . "
http://www.alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhyisi.html

(By the way, I think this is basically the same reason the particle "O" -- used in 'vocative' forms [to address people], like "Hear us, O king!"-- is also ALWAYS capitalized, while the form "oh" [expressing emotion, as in "oh, what fun!"] which wouldn't have caused the same confusion, was not.)

Answer 3

I is not a sacred or great thing

Answer 4

Who knows? That's just the way it is.
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