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U.S. Navy Sinks All Caps

Ken Allen, Local Business

 Navy Sinks All Caps in Messages

MESSAGES SENT WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

Julian Barnes reported on Wall Street Journal.com today that official Navy communications have been written that way since the 19th century -- a legacy of primitive technology combined with the service's love of tradtion.

But in the modern age, young sailors more accustomed to texting on their phones consider TYPING IN ALL CAPS akin to shouting.

Typographers, meanwhile, have long maintained that all-caps is hard on the eyes, Barnes wrote.

So in April the Navy announced it would start making its official messages more readable -- and potentially less rude.

For more: http://www.trulia.com/blog/ken_allen/2013/06/the_allen_report_navy_sinks_all_caps_in_messages

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