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Full stops in text messages. Full stops connote a formality in a medium that's otherwise casual. That can suggest a level of anger or irritation.This is hardly news, of course. And the article is full of links to old sources. There's a nice discussion of this in Gretchen McCullough's 2019 book Because Internet.<a href="https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/" rel="nofollow">https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/</a>It's interesting to note the way conventions like this arise. And it will continue to evolve. But it's not really any different from any other bit of linguistic evolution.

There was a huge difference between an American 'period' and an English 'full stop' to me for decades. The same thing having two different names in the same language only became apparent to me well into my life. Hearing US stand-ups ending lines, punctuated with a throaty 'Period!' I thought were referencing time immemorial, not just 'that's the end of my sentence'.

I going to use semicolons;

Another article trying way too hard to make a generational conflict related to language usage.

I going to use semicolons;

Another article trying way too hard to make a generational conflict related to language usage.

Full Stops Can Annoy Gen Z, Warn Linguists

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Full Stops Can Annoy Gen Z, Warn Linguists

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