# Why Are Caps Rude? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753 "2003-09-10T14:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/41 "2003-09-11T00:54:23Z")
I asked the same thing a while back: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=151907&highlight=caps](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=151907&highlight=caps) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/42 "2003-09-11T01:07:36Z")
Does that Miami U study address those languages which do not have upper & lower case symbols? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/43 "2003-09-11T13:56:30Z")
The MU study was concerning English only. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/44 "2003-09-11T16:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > I have always wondered why wearing a baseball hat indoors is considered rude. Because a baseball cap is a hat, and it’s rude for a gentleman to wear his hat indoors. (Unless he is Jewish.) Someone once asked Paul “Bear” Bryant why he took off his cowboy hat when he entered the Astrodome. He said it was because Mrs. Bryant, Senior, had always told him that a gentleman takes his hat off indoors. ---
**Author:** ![Cargogal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@Cargogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cargogal)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/45 "2003-09-11T18:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > \*\*Where’s e.e. cummings when you need him? \*\* Lucky e.e. Er, let’s call on Nikki. ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i’d kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter you to jones beach or maybe coney island or maybe just to my house lyric you in lilacs dash you in the rain blend into the beach to complement my see play the lyre for you ode you with my love song anything to win you wrap you in the red Black green show you off to mama yeah if i were a poet i’d kid nap you ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/46 "2003-09-11T18:06:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*Someone once asked Paul “Bear” Bryant \*\* Should that be Bum Phillips? Bryant wore a fedora. Phillips wore a cowboy hat. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/47 "2003-09-11T18:22:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Man With The Golden Gun \* > \*\*iF yOu ThInK tHaT’s BaD tRy ReAdInG tHiS! \*\* For some reason, I “hear” Bobcat Goldthwaite (sp?)when I see stuff typed like that. Totally OT here, but do we have two people in SDMBs with “corndog” in their nickname? Seems to me that I’ve seen other posts by someone who also had corndog in their nickname. It also seems that the “original” corndog was wellspoken and intelligent, But, I could have just imagined it. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/48 "2003-09-11T19:58:19Z")
punctuation really why bother i cant see the point can you see the point actually i think we should do away with written communication altogether and just switch to mind reading ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/49 "2003-09-11T20:12:52Z")
I don’t like typing at all in any form. So from now on I’ll just yell my words at the monitor. Oh and ditto on the baseball cap thought. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/50 "2003-09-11T20:25:41Z")
What a bunch of wiener whiners-on another board that I frequent, we are blessed with a nutcase who insists on communicating like this: i just LOVE 🙂 🙂 my HORSES…and their… so much… FUN…🙂 🙂 🙂 to RIDE…and TRAIN:D 😉 😃 …and your’e to jealous of them :rolleyes: :mad: 😕 …and whether YOU like:( :mad: it…or NOT…this is HOW i talk…😃 😉 😛 and irregardless of HOW…many people;) it ANNOYS…:wally… :smack: …:dubious: i won’t change:cool: 🆒 🆒 I’ve given up trying to explain how fucking annoying it is to even try and translate her babble. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/51 "2003-09-11T20:46:04Z")
You could have just described it, **jlzania**. Was it really necessary to inflict that upon us? ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/52 "2003-09-12T00:28:36Z")
isntittruethatalongtimeagoinvariouseuropeanandmiddleeasternlanguagestherewerenocapitallettersandtherewerenospacesorparagraphsandhardlyanypunctuationatallimeanforheavenssakesomelanguageslikehebrewdidntevenhavevowelshowinthehellareyousupposedtokickbackandreadwhenthewriterclearlydoesntseemtohaveanyconsiderationforthereaderatall Consideration. That’s the word I’m looking for, **corndog man**. A good writer shows consideration for the reader. Your failure to show consideration means that I’m just going skip right over any posts you make that are in all caps. It’s bloody annoying to read, besides. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/53 "2003-09-12T02:19:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanvasShoes \* > **For some reason, I “hear” Bobcat Goldthwaite (sp?)when I see stuff typed like that.** You’ve made my night; thank you, I needed that laugh. And I don’t see that concept leaving me too soon, either. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/54 "2003-09-12T02:37:40Z")
N O W I D I S A G R E E W I T H A L L Y O U P E O P L E W H O A R E G E T T I N G P E R T U R B E D A T T H E O P . A F T E R A L L , I S N ’ T H E E N T I T L E D T O F R E E D O M O F E X P R E S S I O N , T O O ? F O R S H A M E ! Y O U ’ R E J U S T T R Y I N G T O S T I F L E A F R E E S P I R I T ! ! ! ---
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/55 "2003-09-12T06:54:17Z")
Using letters is too hard. From now on I’m * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/56 "2003-09-12T08:15:11Z")
IT’S ALSO A GREAT SPACE-SAVING FEATURE FOR PROPORTIONAL SPACED FONTS. It’s also a great space-saving feature for proprotional spaced fonts. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/57 "2003-09-12T11:02:06Z")
kniht uoy t’nod, gniyonna erom neve si sihT. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/58 "2003-09-12T11:23:06Z")
Jyst bicoysi e wontid ta, e rimavid ond swoppid thi ‘O’ ond ‘A’ kiucops an mu kiubaord - e ded thi somi weth ‘I’ ond ‘E’, olsa ‘Y’ ond ‘U’ E WONT THI FRIIDAM TA BI O CAMPLITI ORSIWET LEKI THES. GAD THES ES SA PAENTLISS. HAW DYMB ET ES. SAMI OSSHALI WETH VAECIS EN HES HIOD SOED THES WOS CANFYSENG OND THI WHALI ENTIRNIT CAMMYNETU BILEIVIS HEM. et’s jyst kiucops oftir oll. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/59 "2003-09-12T11:48:46Z")
¿umop-apisdn 6uidhf pajapisuo\> noh a^eH ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/60 "2003-09-12T11:49:47Z")
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