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all our texting and tweeting is making us better at expressing ourselves
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Weston Public Library • Because Internet
If indeed memes are evolving as “the language of the Internet,”
Limor Shifman • Memes in Digital Culture (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
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J.K. Rowling • Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (1-7)
Hence algospeak. Social media users have learned the hard way that... See more
Cory Doctorow • Pluralistic: 11 Apr 2022 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
In the plain text of late 1990s and early 2000s instant messenger status messages, sparkle punctuation would range from ~ just one ~ of each all the way up to ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~so many sparkles~~~~~~ ~~~~~~; ~ ~ ~ ~alternating~ ~ ~ ~ or ~ ~~ ~~in combination~~ ~~ ~~; mixed with wOrDs iN mIxEd cAPiTaLiZaTiOn, e x t r a s p a c e s, and ✧･ﾟ: ☆ ✧･ﾟ: ★ extr
... See moreGretchen McCulloch • Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Idiolect, dialect and language are, in reality, different lenses through which to view the same phenomenon: a medium of communication that is not fixed but ever-changing, which emerges as a combination of stored rules and words in the head of the individual and the interaction of individuals whose knowledge overlaps sufficiently for them to underst
... See moreDavid Shariatmadari • Don't Believe a Word
If you have better listening comprehension, you’ll gain more vocabulary and grammar every time you hear someone speak your language. Poof—you’ve just boosted your vocabulary and grammar knowledge for the rest of your life. You gain all this at the expense of a few hours of minimal pair study.