CAPITALS CAN KILL YOUR CAREER

A New Zealand accounting executive found out just how damaging capital letters can be.  She was fired for sending confrontational e-mails filled with capital letters.  For added measure, she also “provocatively highlighted phrases in bold or red”.

At some point. most of us would probably have been at the receiving end of similar fully-capitalized rants.  But how exactly did this all-caps style become associated with yelling?

This BBC Magazine article provides an interesting peek into the development of capital letters.  In the beginning capped letters were actually reserved for formal writing.  Nowadays, however, being too liberal with capitals can apparently be a capital offense!