a prescriptivists nightmare
I drafted this before reading Skryblans "CAPITALS", but after reading it, I decided to tie it in. It was entertaining.
I don't think's peoples refusal to use Capital Letters or punctuation or periods ("full stops" if you're British) is to be different. It's not unique anymore.
I know some (older) people genuinely get upset by it. Shaking their fists in the air.
I really think that it's deeper than a style. its linguistically getting away from the Polished and Proper media we consume. Anarchy Writing Style. That is my main writing style, although because I want many types of people to read my blog, I don't really use it online, or try not to. I change the style midway through sentences because uhhhh i forget.
I'm sure many millennials got the same complains about using their shorthand text language in ancient times. It was for the limited characters in texting but they put it on their MySpace too. W/E = Whatever? Really? I wish we had a google translate for that. I had NO IDEA why people kept asking me about American Sign Language when chatting with them online. Age Sex Location. Why are we using shorthand for that? Just say "who?" and they will give their introduction in full.
Shorthand nowadays just means eliminating the vowels and sometimes the consonant clusters. wtvr.
But if we are gonna talk about style, why does the generation before millennials use ellipses (...) in the way that they do?
Do you know what I'm talking about?
I'll ask my dad is he can do a favor for me and he responds:
"Okay..."
Oh. Why so ominous? to me this means "Okay Fuck you", basically telling me to die.
My mom texted me this morning:
"I started your car for you..."
It feels like I have to apologize for something.
I thought this was unique to my parents but it is apparently not. I saw a tiktok bringing up the same concerns. When i brought it up they had "no idea what my problem was"
Shit. you're right, neither do i. Please continue to type like that.
Written language isn't real and is an invention. So use it in the way you want. It's only for convenience.
I'm a linguist so what I say has merit. Although the British invented linguistics so maybe I have to listen to them...