[Ads-l] final period in text msg construed as unfriendly/angry

[Jonathan Lighter]

More societal paranoia.

Ooh! What did they mean by *that*!

JL

On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 10:32 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> That's what my granddaughter said when I ended a final sentence with a
> period.  Who knew?
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> Subject: final period in text msg construed as unfriendly/angry
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> ...but only at the end of the message.  In the middle, they're ok [sic]
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> https://qz.com/1169792/theres-a-reason-using-a-period-in-a-
> text-message-makes-you-sound-angry/
> [https://qzprod.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/rts1ilwg.jpg?quality=80&strip=
> all&w=250]<https://qz.com/1169792/theres-a-reason-using-
> a-period-in-a-text-message-makes-you-sound-angry/>
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> There’s a reason using a period in a text message makes you sound angry<
> https://qz.com/1169792/theres-a-reason-using-a-period-in-a-text-message-
> makes-you-sound-angry/>
> qz.com
> Text messages ending in periods are perceived as more insincere.
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