Full stops in text messages. Full stops connote a formality in a medium that's otherwise casual. That can suggest a level of anger or irritation.
This is hardly news, of course. And the article is full of links to old sources. There's a nice discussion of this in Gretchen McCullough's 2019 book Because Internet.
It's interesting to note the way conventions like this arise. And it will continue to evolve. But it's not really any different from any other bit of linguistic evolution.
This is hardly news, of course. And the article is full of links to old sources. There's a nice discussion of this in Gretchen McCullough's 2019 book Because Internet.
https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/
It's interesting to note the way conventions like this arise. And it will continue to evolve. But it's not really any different from any other bit of linguistic evolution.