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WTF? US Navy ends dependence on capitalised communications
Last edited Thu Jun 13, 2013, 03:26 PM - Edit history (1)
The US Navy is dropping a requirement that its official communications be issued in capital letters.
A message was sent to all commands on 30 April, notifying them messages would soon be able to use a mixture of lower and upper cases.
The former policy was a legacy of the fact teletype machines adopted in the 19th Century did not have lowercase letters.
The order itself was delivered in all capitals.
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MORE: HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/NEWS/TECHNOLOGY-22892166
