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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language

author:	Gretchen McCulloch (2019)
date added:	2020-04-18
date read:	2020-04-18
pages:	327
author:	gender:female, origin:us
genre:	nonfiction, tech
themes:	language
rating:	★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

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Excellent book on internet linguistics! Touches all the important points and then some. I learnt about Third Places and where thankful!Tobias notation originates, and felt myself and my internet habits covered quite comprehensively.

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Women tend to learn language from their peers; men learn it from their mothers.

Cover of I (28M) created a deepfake girlfriend and now my parents think we’re getting married.

I (28M) created a deepfake girlfriend and now my parents think we’re getting married

by Fonda Lee · published 2019 · read 2020-02-12

★★☆☆☆

Internet slang everywhere.

Cover of The Awful German Language.

The Awful German Language

by Mark Twain · published 2010 · read 2007-07-01

★★★★☆

Another look at a second language closely related to English.

Cover of The Customer Service Survival Kit: What to Say to Defuse Even the Worst Customer Situations.

The Customer Service Survival Kit: What to Say to Defuse Even the Worst Customer Situations

by Richard S. Gallagher · published 2013 · read 2020-05-08

★★★★☆

Combining these two books into a style guide for appropriate communication would be interesting.

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So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed

by Jon Ronson · published 2015 · read 2018-06-06

★★★★☆

A look at what happens when the internet overreacts. Again.