And yet that means that the period is now open and available for taking on other sorts of meanings and other connotations. Together, we’re NWPB. Through quick messages that we type with our thumbs on our phones, we keep in touch with friends and family; we flirt and fall in love. Listen 8 min MORE The Internet has become a place where we cultivate relationships. He will write ASDF, etc. Northwest Public Broadcasting You can ask people what they mean. So instead of going A-S-D-F from left to right, you might end up with, like, S-K-S-K-S-K or G-H-G-H-G-H, something going back and forth between your thumbs near the center of the keyboard. But the problem is if you say "OK, sounds good." The period is such an interesting new battleground for Internet language because there's definitely a traditional use which is still found in formal writing.
One new trend that I've seen that I really wish I had been able to spend more space on in the book is the continued evolution of keysmash. And so for the title of the book Because Internet, saying: OK, I’m going to truncate this.
Third parties may also use cookies and similar technologies to collect or receive information from our website or elsewhere on the internet and use that information to provide measurement services and targeted ads. And so they still use it as actual laughter. It must mean laughing out loud.

Internships There’s a difference between how these different groups use “LOL” … the acronym which initially stood for “laughing out loud.” And if you talk to people in some of these older generations who are, you know, have been using the Internet for 20 years but came online in a less social space, they see it: OK, here’s an acronym; they’re told it is an acronym; it must mean “laughing out loud.” And so they still use it as actual laughter. Even though this is random, they still retype it because they want it to look like the right kind of social randomness. You can ask people what they mean. But having increased understanding across different generations can help people avoid miscommunications in their text messaging — which is really what I’m trying to do with Because Internet. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. … And that makes your messages easier to read than this massive wall of text, particularly on a tiny screen. And less and less, that's happening. And the potential for miscommunication abounds. The Internet has become a place where we cultivate relationships. It just hints towards some sort of double meaning, which could be good or bad. GRETCHEN MCCULLOCH: The old rules are these sort of top down, you know, here's how you use an apostrophe. And most people said yes.

Now that means "Oh no, I fake-love you," like I'm being quite mean about that. It became more a marker of irony or softening or "I'm not angry at you," "I'm not feeling hostile" — you know, these additional subtle social meanings. We talk to each other. I’m not laughing out loud while I hate you, like in a malicious sort of way; I’m undermining my message and saying “I hate you LOL [but I’m not serious about it].” But in the inverse, if you say “I love you LOL,” that doesn’t soften the message any more. You can ask people what they mean. And if you talk to people in some of these older generations who are, you know, have been using the Internet for 20 years but came online in a less social space, they see it: OK, here's an acronym; they're told it is an acronym; it must mean "laughing out loud."

If you do something that's filtered through an editor or filtered through more self-consciousness, you're going to do something that's more homogenized, more standardized and less interesting, because it doesn't represent the ... whole beauty of the world and everything that's possibly out there. On keysmash (i.e. But when you keysmash on a smartphone keyboard, you have your thumbs over like GHSDSK something like that so instead of going ASDF from left or right you might end up with like SKSKSK or GHGHGH, something going back and forth between your thumbs near the center of the keyboard. On the construction "because [noun]," which gives the book its title (Because Internet). The period is such an interesting new battleground for Internet language because there's definitely a traditional use, which is still found in formal writing. Whereas when you talk to the youngest groups, LOL may have meant laughter for a very short period of time, but that laughter quickly became aspirational — you know, "Oh, that is kind of funny." But the problem is if you say, OK, sounds good and you add that note of seriousness, now you've got positive words and serious punctuation and the clash between them is what creates that sense of passive aggression. But in an informal context, you don't need the period anymore to distinguish between one sentence or one phrase and the next because you're just going to hit "send" in a chat context.

But I think it's just as incumbent on younger people to say: Maybe I shouldn't be overinterpreting hostility or passive-aggression ... maybe I should just be interpreting this with the context of "I know this person is older and so they're not actually being passive-aggressive at me." One of the things I really love about Internet language these days is what I call stylistic verbal incoherence mirroring emotional incoherence.

Contact Information And the potential for miscommunication abounds.

And it’s such an interesting example for me because it looks like we’re just being monkeys typing randomly on a keyboard producing something totally incoherent, and yet there are social patterns to it.

So for the rest of us who just use a period at the end of a sentence, it made me feel, as one producer put it, old as dust to learn that it also can be seen as passive-aggressive. And so the way we keysmash has been changing partly in response to the social pressure, partly in response to the devices we're using. Who among us hasn’t wondered whether a message in ALL CAPS meant it was especially urgent? 7:52pm Jul 31, 2019. “The new rules are about: How are other people going to interpret your tone of voice? Our Language Is Evolving, 'Because Internet' Books, Arts. There's a difference between how these different groups use "LOL" ... the acronym which initially stood for "laughing out loud." The Internet has become a place where we spark and build relationships. And for the youngest group of people, there’s no literal meaning left to LOL at all.

The period is such an interesting new battleground for Internet language because there's definitely a traditional use which is still found in formal writing. "asdf;lkjasdlf" or similar to represent frustration). And yet that means that the period is now open and available for taking on other sorts of meanings and other connotations.

And the potential for miscommunication abounds. If you do something that’s filtered through an editor or filtered through more self-consciousness, you’re going to do something that’s more homogenized, more standardized and less interesting, because it doesn’t represent the … whole beauty of the world and everything that’s possibly out there.

And so, the way we keysmash has been changing partly in response to the social pressure, partly in response to the devices we're using.

The new rules are about how are other people going to interpret your tone of voice. There’s a difference between how these different groups use “LOL” … the acronym which initially stood for “laughing out loud.” And if you talk to people in some of these older generations who are, you know, have been using the Internet for 20 years but came online in a less social space, they see it: OK, here’s an acronym; they’re told it is an acronym; it must mean “laughing out loud.” And so they still use it as actual laughter.

Who We Are CORNISH: But isn't that seen as - I don't know - sort of dorky (laughter)?

One new trend that I’ve seen that I really wish I had been able to spend more space on in the book is the continued evolution of keysmash. Instead of “because of the Internet,” I’m going to make the shorter version “because Internet” — or “because homework” or “because weather” or any of these types of things, I’m going to make the shorter version because the answer is so self-evident that I can reduce it into this less coherent form. She gives NPR a few examples. McCulloch says a lot of the confusion stems from the fact that people read Internet writing differently, depending on when they first went online. MCCULLOCH: Thanks for having me. And so they still use it as actual laughter whereas when you talk to the youngest groups, lol became more a marker of irony or softening or I'm not angry at you, I'm not feeling hostile, you know, these additional sort of subtle social meanings. And that makes your messages easier to read than this massive wall of text, particularly on a tiny screen.

and they smash on the home row of keys. https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WEB-Evolving-Language-AC-080119.mp3, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, Idaho Moving Back To Phase 3 Of Reopening, Governor Says, As COVID-19 Cases Rise, Washington Beer Lobby Goes On The Offensive To Drown A Tax That Isn’t Even On Tap, Meet The 20-Something Seattle Cellist Bringing Classical Music To The Masses Through Social Media, Pope Francis Makes Archbishop Wilton Gregory America’s First Black Cardinal, ‘The Writing On The Wall’ Finds Poetry Behind Bars, Projects It Onto Buildings, America’s School Funding Crisis: Budget Cuts, Rising Costs And No Help In Sight. Public Inspection Files, About Us If I say something that could be interpreted as rude or hostile like, "Oh, I hate you" — if I say "I hate you LOL," now I'm joking, so it's fine. But having increased understanding across different generations can help people avoid miscommunications in their text messaging — which is really what I’m trying to do with Because Internet.

And the potential for miscommunication abounds. Coverage Area, Support Us So keysmash is when you mash your fingers against a keyboard to, you know, convey this incoherent emotion. And yet that means that the period is now open and available for taking on other sorts of meanings and other connotations. Download KTNW Schedule

And it's such an interesting example for me because it looks like we're just being monkeys typing randomly on a keyboard producing something totally incoherent, and yet there are social patterns to it. Furious?

It's a filler that specifically indicates that there's some sort of double meaning to be found.

And for the youngest group of people, there’s no literal meaning left to LOL at all.

CORNISH: How do we avoid misunderstandings? Corporation For Public Broadcasting (CPB), International Association of Audio Information Services, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Report. If we only analyze the language in books, we only analyze one type of language. There are real linguistic trends to keysmash — even something that looks so random. And what I noted in Because Internet is that people have specific stylistic ways of keysmashing. And what I noted in Because Internet is that people have specific stylistic ways of keysmashing. I’ve accepted I’m not a teenager anymore.

So, keysmash is when you mash your fingers against a keyboard to, you know, convey this incoherent emotion. The period is such an interesting new battleground for Internet language because there’s definitely a traditional use which is still found in formal writing. But in an informal context, you don’t need the period anymore to distinguish between one sentence or one phrase and the next because you’re just going to hit “send” in a chat context. MCCULLOCH: Yeah.

… But the problem is if you say “OK, sounds good.” — and you add that note of seriousness — now you’ve got positive words and serious punctuation, and the clash between them is what creates that sense of passive aggression.

If you do something that’s filtered through an editor or filtered through more self-consciousness, you’re going to do something that’s more homogenized, more standardized and less interesting, because it doesn’t represent the … whole beauty of the world and everything that’s possibly out there.


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