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Some language in the news stuff about the use of the full-stop in messaging. Note the framing of this from The Sun and Mail 
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There& #39;s a comment piece on it in The Times too: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-fans-of-the-autumn-are-heading-for-a-fall-67cmpdd5r">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/w...
None of this is actually new and the linguist quoted in these stories (Lauren Fonteyn) wrote about this (much more positively!) in 2018 on an article for Mashable which we shared at the time. https://mashable.com/2018/04/02/millennials-written-english/">https://mashable.com/2018/04/0...
I& #39;ll add more about this today but I think it& #39;s a clear example of how stories about language change are filtered through whatever distorting lens a newspaper& #39;s agenda dictates (today it& #39;s Gen Z snowflakes, yesterday it was texting teens, 40 years ago it was valley girls).
I& #39;ve not linked the articles here but you can find them easily enough. They& #39;re prime AQA paper 2 language discourses material.
But also, if you teach KS3 and GCSE students too, this is quite a good way into some accessible language study and textual analysis.
Here& #39;s a better piece in The Telegraph about it: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/23/generation-z-find-full-stops-intimidating-experts-say/">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020...
And this from The Stylist takes a much friendlier tone :-) https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/whatsapp-lockdown-full-stop-passive-aggressive-tone-shift-psychology-relationships/382087">https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/what...
And here& #39;s the linguist quoted in all these stories ( @lauren_bliksem - hi!) reporting on the charming response she received from one delightful reader: https://twitter.com/lauren_bliksem/status/1297810449086517248?s=20">https://twitter.com/lauren_bl...
And the only way to round this thread off is by posting this final message. I& #39;ve checked the account so you don& #39;t have to and no, it& #39;s not ironic... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏼‍♂️" title="Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Mann schlägt sich die Hand vors Gesicht (mittelheller Hautton)">
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