Are There Internet Dialects? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

We consider ourselves natives of INTERNETLAND, which made us wonder if there’s such a thing as an internet dialect. Not pronunciation, per se (since we type in these here parts), but a common way of communicating through word choice, vocabulary, and how these words are arranged and used. So what is Standard Internet Speak? Acronyms, emoticons, and hashtags? Purposeful misspellings and abbreviations? IS IT EVEN A THING?!?!? Watch the episode and find out!

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Study Guide:

Internet Linguistics: A Student Guide by David Crystal

A Companion to Linguistic Anthropology by Alessandro Duranti

Communities of Practice, Where language, gender, and power all live by Penelope Eckert

Netlinguistics and English for Internet Purposes by Santiago Posteguillo

Communities of Practice, Learning Media and Identity by Etienne Wenger

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Assets:

:55
http://www.fairymagic.me/2014/02/

1:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q66gNfzLEvc

2:33
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/07/28/us-britain-starwars-idINTRE76Q39020110728

2:56

3:46
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

4:24

4:51

5:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po3huhZo5hM

5:43

My med school this morning. Future doctors of america learning ADHD one imgur link at a time

5:50
https://www.msu.edu/~hartsar1/eckertmcconnellginet.html

6:29
http://geek-news.mtv.com/2013/05/07/top-10-best-and-worst-star-trek-tattoos/

6:37
https://twitter.com/captainrachael

7:05

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COMMENTS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6LMHyo5Gxz-QPk71HRiDuNttNuRYoJUitc14-IVbsQ/edit

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TWEET OF THE WEEK

@mikerugnetta RT @WiredFeed: Glitched Images You’d Never Think Were Photographs: http://t.co/Eg47nctomC

— Enoch Jacobus (@enochobus) August 5, 2014

TUMBLR POST OF THE WEEK

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MUSIC:

“Europe” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Level 5” by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm)
“Bouncy Castle” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“:P” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Squarehead” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Number Cruncher” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Little Birthday Acid” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Topskore” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Anti Vanishing Spray” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Tarty Prash” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Carry on Carillon” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Uptown Tennis Club” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Squarehead” by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net)
“Dream Of Autumn” by Night Shift Master
https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter-frequency/08-dream-of-autumn-night-shift-master
“Insert Toy For Coin” by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/)
“Dizor” by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider
“Lets go back to the rock” by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider
“Something like this” by Outsider
https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

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