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Customers find the book fascinating, awesome, and fun. They say it provides valuable insights into how to understand the internet’s place in society. Readers describe the language as articulate, funny, and well-written. However, some customers report that the app crashes on their iOS Kindle app and MacBook Pro.
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Amusing and Informative – Two Great Tastes that Taste Great Together
As an Old Internet Person⢠(see the book for what that means), I have been watching the development of communication on the internet with fascination, and been wondering how to describe it to all of my non-savvy friends and family for literally decades. Because Internet is the book about communication on the internet I’ve always been waiting for. The author neatly describes many of the things I’ve seen but have been unable to articulate as well as points out even more I had no idea were there. The author deftly includes personal experience, empirical data, linguistic data, and anecdotal stories together in a way that is both informative and interesting to read. The tone is casual and conversational, yet clear and unpretentious. I would expect both the linguistically-savvy and the simply curious can enjoy.
Love the linguistics, disagree with idea of ending standardized formal writing
This is a much needed book. As someone with a Masters degree in English Lit and who is also an avid gamer who spends a lot of time on Discord with people of all ages, I had been seeking an analysis of internet speech. It’s a fascinating subject, well explored in this book, from its earliest uses to present day (as of its publication) online speech norms.I recommend reading it. However, I had to remove a star because the author seems to suggest that standard writing is not just “elitist” but unnecessary. This is like “throwing the baby out with the bathwater.” Both informal writing and standard, formal writing have their places imo.That said, read it and see what you think!
Valuable insights into how to understand the internetâs place in society
In this eminently readable book, McCulloch gives both historical and linguistic explanations for the evolution of online communication. As, in her terms, an Old Internet person who is a parent to Post Internet people, this explained a lot.
Whatâs Alfonsoâs number?
Like many here, I canât read it because it crashes the iPhone app. Seems like someone had some success after being on the phone with Alfonso … do we all have to call Alfonso?EDIT: Book updated within app so I can read it, but now the audio narration wonât download, urging me to âplease try againâ. I gave you two more stars for the two steps forward … if you can fix it all without me having to call support, you may even keep them.UPDATE: still canât download audio with kindle app, I downloaded the audiobook directly from Audible app, and (surprisingly) Audible recognizes progress within Kindle and asks if I want to sync.
Language nerd must-have
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. The section on the history of “lol” is enough to warrant the purchase. If you are interested in the history of writing over the last five decades, this is a great read.
OMG THIS BOOK — SO EXCITE!!!!
I’ve been a big fan of the author’s blog and podcast for many years, and I have been anticipating this book eagerly. It does not disappoint! The tone is delightful, the examples are very fun and clear, and it makes me go, “ohhhhh THAT’S why I’ve been doing that” often. This is the book I want to give to both my internet savvy linguistics nerd friends, and to my curmudgeonly relatives who disapprove of all informal writing and send texts that are pages long and signed Sincerely. I think all audiences will find it fun and enlightening.I know some folks are having trouble opening it on Kindle apps — I did too, but it works on my actual Kindle! I recommend that until the app bug fix is in.
Will change the way you text
A fascinating look at how the internet uses language and why we text the way we do. Definitely falls in to the pop science category but as I am not an academic linguist, it was perfect for me. I loved the way it talked about the history of language on the internet and also used examples from the internet to illustrate concepts from linguistics. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to give themselves a case of the “Didja knows.”
Grammar snobs may not like this, but I did!
As a writer and editor, Iâm totally fascinated by how people write and speak. So when I saw this book announced in Publishers Weekly, I knew I wanted to read it. And it didnât disappoint.Gretchen McCullough has put together a well-researched and thorough tour of the internetâs impact on how we communicate. While these changes have been swift and dramatic, what this book shows is that these types of linguistic changes are not unique to the internet age. Technology and social norms have been influencing how we communicate since the beginning of humankind.The internet history packed into this book is well-documented. Those who have lived through the dawn of the computer age in the latter half of the 20th century will especially appreciate this look back at how we got to where we are linguistically.Though grammar nerds will wince at some of the conventions that the internet has abolished, if youâre a student of language history, youâll find it a worthy read.
De acuerdo con lo esperado
As a post-internet person (as this book would classify me) i often thought about how the current internet culture was formed. But i found most research rather scattred and difficult to find.This book is a great comprehensive overview of exactly that. It focuses on the linguistics of “Informal writing” that the advent of the internet supportet more that most and which was prieviously hard to study.It does so without being inundated with dry definitions while humerously (and rather smoothly) inserting the vocabulary of the times.Overall an equally entertaining and informative book.
This book gives excellent insight into how we studied the evolution of language in the past and how, for good or ill, the internet has changed it. I loved how it contextualized different internet users and their use of language. Overall, a fascinating and fun book that, if nothing else, should convince the reader to be less critical of how other people use language online.
Gretchen draws on a wealth of experience to take you on a journey through the ages of computer use and its effect on the English language.For those of us who can remember computers without “Windows” it is an enthralling read. However plenty of well researched assertions and a nice collection of anecdotes make the book a good read for anybody who is interested in the English language.Think English hasn’t been changed by the Internet?LOL
When I grew up, the Internet was regularly chastised by ‘serious’ people for bringing about the death of grammar. That was obviously nonsense, and this book provides a robust and comprehensive explanation of how language has developed as a result of the web. The author clearly understands online culture, and gives interesting examples to illustrate the easily accessible and natural narrative. It has made me want to learn more.