Because Internet: Understanding how language is changing

by	Gretchen McCulloch

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THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Have you ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message? Wondered where memes came from? Fret no more: Because Internet is the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that’s a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.’McCulloch is such a disarming writer – lucid, friendly, unequivocally excited about her subject – that I began to marvel at the flexibility of the online language she describes, with its numerous shades of subtlety.’ New York Times

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Weight	0.238 kg
Dimensions	2.1 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
by	Gretchen McCulloch
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	336
Publisher	Random House
Year Published	2020-3-5
Imprint	Vintage
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	1529112826
About The Author	Gretchen McCulloch writes about linguistics for a general audience, especially internet language. She writes the Resident Linguist column at Wired. McCulloch has a master’s in linguistics from McGill University, runs the blog All Things Linguistic, and cohosts the Lingthusiasm podcast. She lives in Montreal, but also on the internet.www.gretchenmcculloch.com
	Because Internet…illustrates how many of us feel about English in the online age… It is hard not to be moved by her McCulloch is an engaging writer who clearly adores her subject
Other text	Covers the backstory of how tildes became the punctuation mark for ~whimsy and sarcasm~…and when we started repeating certainnnnn lettersssssssss for emphasis

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