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okay so the other day, I messaged someone a question and they messaged back “Yes.” and I swear to god I got an icy chill of dread before I remembered that they’re older than me and not much of an internet person, and from them “Yes.” rather than “yeah” or “yep” is just good grammar and not, in fact, a Declaration of War
idk I just love how we Young People Today use ~improper~ punctuation/grammar in actually really defined ways to express tone without having to explicitly state tone like that’s just really fucking cool, like
no = “No,” she said.
no. = "No,” she said sharply.
No = “No,” she stated firmly.
No. = “No,” she snapped.
NO = “No!” she shouted.
noooooo = “No,” she moaned.
no~ = “No,” she said with a drawn-out sing-song.
~no~ = “No,” she drawled sarcastically.
NOOOOO = “No!” she screamed dramatically.
no?! = “No,” she said incredulously.
Are there Internet dialects? How language can form around communities of practice, including Tumblr.
IDEA: zine/short comic about internet dialects
ever notice that folks from different internet communities speak/write in distinctive voices so much so that you can usually accurately identify which community they identify with? folks on tumblr tend to speak in run-ons that are wry and almost detached. people on 4chan use greentext, etc. it'd be even cooler if it was a comic and each character spoke in a different dialect... and maybe their speech bubbles are like app windows..!
Does the internet have dialects?
The PBS Idea Channel contemplates whether INTERNETLAND has dialects, and whether yours reflects "where" on the 'net you've grown up.
Wee gems: Meme language can be considered modern street-speak. "General Internet English" is used by people who are old. Then there's 4chan language.
Off-topic: why does this guy pronounce "GIFs" as "jifes"?
Brain dump on the word "fandom"
"Fandom" is a made up word popularized on Tumblr. Its a blend of fanatic and kingdom and it sounds really weird when ppl in real life use it. The word has become part of an unofficial dialect: "Internet English" and is used commonly in the sub-dialect of that: "Social network English." It is most common in the subsub dialect: "tumblr english."
The reason its weird to hear "fandom" used in sentences in the real world is because it isn't a part of that dialect and is being borrowed. It's just as weird as hearing a foreign way to refer to a grandparent. Opa, Boompa, G-pa, grandpa, and Bumpa all refer to the father of one of your parents but if you were having a conversation and someone says "my boompa bought me ice cream," unless you also referr to your grandpa as a boompa (which is unlikely, I stole the word from Brian Crane's comic, Pickles) it will strike you as odd.
There are some people who use Tumblr Vernacular English in the real world, having learned and mastered the dialect. These people likely only, or predominantly socialize with other Tumblr users.
This is all of course speculation and I would love to get some info from people that actually study linguistics (specifically dialects or morphology).
The Internet is not developing a new language, but many new dialects.
Tumblr: Sorry not sorry.
LiveJournal: No regrets.
