Published 22:35 IST, June 27th 2020
International Caps Lock Day: Meaning, Significance, History and Celebration
International Caps Lock Day meaning, importance and history, read all the necessary information about this special day which is celebrated twice a year.
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International Caps Lock Day is celebrated twice a year on June 28 and October 22. se two days are dedicated to creating awareness about importance of us of Caps Lock key during any written communication. However, this day was initially started as a parody, with relevance to unnecessary utilization of Caps Lock back in year 2000.
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International Caps Lock Day Meaning
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On June 28 and October 22 every year, International Caps Lock Day is observed. You must have used Caps Lock key in your keyword millions of times, hence in order to raise awareness regarding very importance attached to it, International Caps Lock Day is celebrated. You might have ticed that some people use Caps Lock key quite often and some rarely do, but in every langu, its significance is equal and very much re. Be it keeping your passwords, writing formal documents, personal tes, and list goes on and on.
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International Caps Lock History
International Caps lock day history is quite interesting. Caps Lock Day was founded by Derek Arld 20 years ago, that is in year 2000. Derek started International Caps Lock Day to take a dig at very existence of Caps Lock key, a sort of parody to make fun of this 'w' very important key in keyword. As per Derek Arld, Caps Lock key is only used by “small-mindedness of certain Western individuals.” However, with time, this changed and people even started celebrating this day vice-versa.
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w you must be thinking that from where did June 28 came into picture? Well, on this day, popular television pitchman Billy Mays died in 2009. He was a celebrated American television advertisement salesperson. Billy loved very phemen and discovery of Caps Lock, and his passion for its us was quite prevalent in all his tv commercials, and infomercials. This habit of Billy Mays made him globally famous. Hence, when he died 11 years back on June 28, day isiis being remembered as International Caps Lock Day. This way, it became second day in an annual year to observe International Caps Lock Day.
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International Caps Lock Day Significance and Celebration
Every individual has its own way of celebrating International Caps Lock Day. Some only write in Capital letters and some don't use it at all entire day. Some exchange texts and tweets on social media about same. However, one should kw when y need to use Caps Lock grammatically, and when t to. Educate ors about its relevance, and how this important keyword must be utilized. So wish a Happy International Caps Lock Day 2020 to family and friends, and make most of this fun-filled in your own way.
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22:35 IST, June 27th 2020