Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoSo apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?message-squaremessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down117
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareSo apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square221fedilink
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day ago“Yay” is an exclamation so even using no punctuation instead of an exclamation point could convey a flat and therefore sarcastic tone.
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoCould, sure - this was a fast example off the top of my head; someone else in the thread used “Great” as a better example. But even here, while “Yay” could be seen as sarcastic, “Yay.” looks even more so
“Yay” is an exclamation so even using no punctuation instead of an exclamation point could convey a flat and therefore sarcastic tone.
Could, sure - this was a fast example off the top of my head; someone else in the thread used “Great” as a better example.
But even here, while “Yay” could be seen as sarcastic, “Yay.” looks even more so