Really? Is this an US phenomenon? Iām from Europe and everybody writes in (more or less legible, although doctors are the uncontested masters of indecipherable scribbling) cursive.
š¤ Ending a text message in a period is passive aggressive ( ? )
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Wesrock
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Food for thought: Writing in short hand is (or was) a professional skill often offered in schools. What kids do in instant messaging and texts is just a casual shorthand thatās developed organically.
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Beryllos
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Lets eat Grandma
Punctuation Saves Lives.
Punctuation Saves Lives.
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Tommy999
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If it is same Pedro Iām thinking of, he is a somewhat humorous character in the American comedy film from 2004 called āNapoleon Dynamiteā.
My sons were in high school when it debuted and it resonated with that age group.
Perhaps it means something else to Tis_Bearself, but the character in the movie was what came to mind for me because Napoleon helped Pedro run for high school class president and won with the help of a lot of āVote for Pedroā buttons.
This is Pedro declaring at the school assembly what heād do if if he was voted school president:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/sear...21f493bda9bc3d2ee8a92eeb324c504b&action=click
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Irishmom2
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Ha! We must be about the same age, and Mr. Wilson was a stickler for that in our typing class too!
(Can you imagine, a class to learn how to type?!
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(Can you imagine, a class to learn how to type?!
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AlNg
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Disagree Period.
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BartholomewB
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That seems to be a worldwide phenomenon. I wonder what the connection is between practicing medicine and lacking the ability to write legibly. Mysterious forces are at work!
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Irishmom2
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Itās because doctors are always in a hurry writing out stuff. Maybe it will change with all of the electronic prescription writing and computerized note taking and charts.
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AlNg
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Ending a declarative sentence with a question mark indicates indecisiveness, skepticism or bewilderment?
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ThinkingSapien
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I believe so. At most, I hear that kids have to learn it and then never use it again; it is not retained. When I look at the signatures of younger people they are usually in print instead of cursive.
I was helping a kid in early high school and wrote something in neat cursive writing only to see him struggle reading it. I had to rewrite it in print for him to be able to follow me.
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BartholomewB
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The use of the period in texting to convey a certain sarcastic or sneering tone of voice is still, evidently, something of a novelty, even among the children and young adults who find it a useful tool in their communications. The rules are not yet firmly established, with the result that misunderstandings can all too easily happen.
There was a time, not so long ago, when scare quotes were still finding their place in the written language, and a suspicious reader might be angered by what he mistakenly thought were scare quotes in a perfectly innocent sentence, while true, intentional scare quotes in another sentence might pass unnoticed.
In the case of the motherās message to her young son in the OPās link, he wrongly jumped to the conclusion that a āsneer periodā was intended, in a message where, in fact, his mother had simply been applying the standard rules of punctuation. No doubt the community of frequent users of this newfangled device will soon reach a consensus on ways and means to signal that the sneer period (or āsneeriodā) is or is not intended, case by case. Once a code of conduct of that kind is in place, embarrassing misunderstandings should quickly become a thing of the past.
There was a time, not so long ago, when scare quotes were still finding their place in the written language, and a suspicious reader might be angered by what he mistakenly thought were scare quotes in a perfectly innocent sentence, while true, intentional scare quotes in another sentence might pass unnoticed.
In the case of the motherās message to her young son in the OPās link, he wrongly jumped to the conclusion that a āsneer periodā was intended, in a message where, in fact, his mother had simply been applying the standard rules of punctuation. No doubt the community of frequent users of this newfangled device will soon reach a consensus on ways and means to signal that the sneer period (or āsneeriodā) is or is not intended, case by case. Once a code of conduct of that kind is in place, embarrassing misunderstandings should quickly become a thing of the past.
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Irishmom2
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What are scare quotes? 
I am so out of the loop in my little handwritten world!
I am so out of the loop in my little handwritten world!
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fredystairs
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Iāve heard that cursive was not taught in American schools for a time. They are getting back to it. Iād hate to be a history major looking at some original document that was in cursive. It can be hard enough reading modern cursive but cursive from say the 1700s can be really tough. Youād be really behind if you didnāt know any cursive at all.OddBird:
I believe so. At most, I hear that kids have to learn it and then never use it again; it is not retained. When I look at the signatures of younger people they are usually in print instead of cursive.
I was helping a kid in early high school and wrote something in neat cursive writing only to see him struggle reading it. I had to rewrite it in print for him to be able to follow me.
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Anrakyr
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The bottom line is text is meant to be brief, using formal tones implies pointed language. Taking the time to dot your Is or more accurately dot your sentences you want to infer at lest a seriousness. You did after all take the time to punctuate so you want the reader to know that.
Why is this a discussion?
Why is this a discussion?
I read that as a question. Maybe a rhetorical one but a question nevertheless.
That would undermine those who like the ambiguity that gives passive aggression its punch though.
My rule of thumb is to read everything in the best possible light so even if a statement is meant as passive aggressive, it doesnāt work on me.
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Cruciferi
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Iām voting for Don Rafael Montero!
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Anrakyr
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He used an exclamation mark, it just got real up in here.
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Tommy999
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In other words, vote for Zorro? Same amount of letters as Pedro, at least, so it ought to fit easily on a button.
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1Lord1Faith
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I use cursive font when I donāt want kids to understand me.
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