Comments | budka: AMERICANS TYPE IN CAPS

budka

AMERICANS TYPE IN CAPS

Oct 24, 2005 16:33

At least, that's my observation. I process boring requests for information all day, and I've noticed a higher incidence of ALL CAPS MAILING INFORMATION on American orders. I don't like it; it looks like yelling. Maybe that's the point, who knows ( Read more... )

Comments 9

hananna October 24 2005, 21:53:57 UTC

I write in capitals but type in normal. Explanation: I must be Canadian AND American. (It's true)

This should be a sociological study.

budka October 25 2005, 13:30:21 UTC

Do you write in "small caps", that is, do you write with all upper case letters but just make capital ones bigger?

hananna October 25 2005, 19:37:23 UTC

Uh....yes? I think so. Sometimes all the letters are the same size. It depends.

thesoundofduck October 25 2005, 00:53:40 UTC

I think my eyes are deaf.

budka October 25 2005, 13:30:57 UTC

I think YOUR eyes are ... never mind, that's what you said.

buzzbirdy October 25 2005, 01:05:10 UTC

So which do you hate more? People who write in all caps to avoide choosing when to capitalize, or those who never captilize, seemingly not caring about it at all?

OMG that was good... randomcrap October 25 2005, 01:35:22 UTC

"Couldn't hear writing"

Back when I worked helpdesk we had a "Curriculum Developer" who never used the shift key OR punctuation. It made her editor's job a living nightmare, and it was always a fun game of "Try to figure out what she needs this time". Apparently, someone once asked her why she never did it and she said "it takes too much time to hit the shift key and/or puncuation and distracts me from my writing"

~D

Re: OMG that was good... budka October 25 2005, 14:08:42 UTC

Just when you think that laziness has reached its theoretical maximum, someone invariably comes along and raises the bar ...

Re: OMG that was good... buzzbirdy October 25 2005, 15:18:02 UTC

Lowers the bar?