Don’t Blame the Internet for New Slang

Language is always changing. Has technology forced it to evolve in new ways?

Source: The Walrus
Published: Sep 10, 2019
Length: 16 minutes (4,039 words)

The Meaning Of All Caps—In Texting And In Life

“What’s cool about expressive lengthening is that, although it started as a very literal representation of longer sounds, it’s ended up creating a form of emotional expression that now has no possible spoken equivalent, making it more akin to its typographical cousins, all-caps and italics.”

Source: Wired
Published: Jul 23, 2019
Length: 8 minutes (2,003 words)