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Lisa Eckstein
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Most recent fascinating insight into online language: The origin of "the exclamation!compound used to refer to different versions of a particular person, such as past!me or CAPSLOCK!Harry" is the bang paths required in email addresses before there was a single unified internet: "Alex in the math department at Princeton might be princeton!math!alex".
— Aug 08, 2019 01:52PM
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Lisa Eckstein
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The chapter on How Conversations Change is continuing the great observations and comparisons between online and offline modes of communication: "When I've tried to articulate the appeal of Linguist Twitter to linguists who aren't on it, I've talked in terms of hallways: You know how the best part of a conference is the hallway? Imagine if you could have that hallway available at any time of the day or night!"
— Aug 12, 2019 01:48PM
Lisa Eckstein
is on page 85 of 327
Excited about the current chapter, "Internet People", looking at groups with different experiences of the internet based on when and how thoroughly they came online, and how this relates to patterns of language use.
— Aug 05, 2019 02:42PM
Lisa Eckstein
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"You never truly step into the same English twice. When future historians look back on this era, they'll find our changes just as fascinating as we now find innovative words from Shakespeare or Latin or Norman French. So let's adopt the perspective of those future historians now, and explore the revolutionary period in linguistic history that we're living through from a place of excitement and curiosity."
— Aug 01, 2019 03:36PM
