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John Byrne
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Just watched a -- let's call it a documentary, that informed me that in texting the period (.) is considered ANGRY.W.T.F????
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Doug Centers
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| Posted: 17 August 2017 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | 2
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I give up........
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Michael Roberts
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284360175_Texting_i nsincerely_The_role_of_the_period_in_text_messaging
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Eric Ladd
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Jeez, if you want nuance then speak face to face. If you want to text, write, semaphore, morse code, etc. then adhere to the rules of punctuation for that form of communication. This period idea can take a flying leap.
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Kevin Brown
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.........!
(Really angry!)
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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 17 August 2017 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | 6
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QUOTE:
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Argh.
Sorry, sorry -- I got a little too upset.
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Robbie Parry
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This is news to me. Sounds very arbitrary.
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Michael Roberts
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This is news to me. Sounds very arbitrary.
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One suggestion is that texting is read more like a conversation. So people are taking tonal cues from the period that may or may not be there.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 17 August 2017 at 8:34pm | IP Logged | 9
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It all sounds like the idiots I encountered when I first cam online, who insisted that people in comics were all SHOUTING. (All caps)
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Joe Smith
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Ridiculousness. (At meat in the workplace)
I instruct all employees to write full sentences with punctuation intact.
Communication, and I mean CRYSTAL clear communication, is
imperative to good teamwork.
I do like a well placed emoji every once in a while :)
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James Woodcock
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It can be. If a period is placed after every single word in a sentence, it does emphasise how the writer is emphasising every word. In context, it can sound angry.
Just. Like. This.
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Roberto Melendrez
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| Posted: 17 August 2017 at 9:58pm | IP Logged | 12
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My kids get on me because I text in full sentences, use proper words and avoid abbreviations as much as possible.
I'm sure some on the board can relate.
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