Our capital punishment

Lowercase is a mood, not a typo. It's soft, raw, a little emo the ultimate vibe. Pop stars are using it, so are big brands.We are so over Title Case

- Sneha Krishnan

Capital letters were the backbone of Western civilisation. They paraded about at the start of sentences, puffed up proper nouns and gave the vibe of owning the message. Kids learnt A before a. Essays, emails, even birthday cards demanded formality as the norm.

Even Nostradamus couldn't predict that Gen Z would come along and shake up capitalisation, of all things. Effortless, unbothered lowercase text came in, pushing the big letters out of the chat. Now, capital letters are lucky if they get a cameo in a password.

Some call it a rebellion against arbitrary grammar rules. Some see it as a minimalist aesthetic, others view it as laziness. But really, it seems like the Roman script went to therapy and learnt to let go. Hand your English teacher a hankie so she can have a good cry. And learn to deal with it. Lowercase is about more than refusing to hit the shift key.