grettles 's review for:

Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

5.0

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This book! This was such a fun read into how the internet has shaped our language. The nuance of “lol” was sooooo intriguing to me, as was all the different ways we convey sarcasm & tone online. I also loved the description of social media as a hallway that you fill with people & sharing as a way to bump into / have more unplanned interactions with each other. (She puts this more eloquently idk).