why typing like this is sometimes okay.

Name: why typing like this is sometimes okay.
Description: Tom Scott makes a short descriptivist argument that language keeps changing and that casual internet writing conventions, like lowercase typing and dropped full stops, are legitimate. It is part of his Language Files series, written with Gretchen McCulloch.

Tom Scott

Tom Scott makes a short descriptivist argument that language keeps changing and that casual internet writing conventions, like lowercase typing and dropped full stops, are legitimate. It is part of his Language Files series, written with Gretchen McCulloch.

HN commenters cite it in discussions of punctuation, tone and emoji in chat as a short intro to how internet writing norms developed.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2020–2024

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Language & linguistics
Internet culture & memes

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