why typing like this is sometimes okay.
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Thank you so much!! I missed them so badly!!!
Nice! Loved those :)
*laughs in lower case*
So happy to see this 18th Language file video. Waited so long too.
Thanks for bringing more to this series.
"yo boss lets go bowling"
"k"
Sounds like a conversation Michael Scott would have with one of his employees.
Hey Nico, It’s Roman, Let’s go bowling
I just cant understand ppl who save their time by writing k and not ok.
@@javamaster2130 y?
@@fourteenFortyOne By a bit of time, you mean 5 milliseconds?
*writes formal letter to teacher*
Teacher: k
Same dude. Funniest part is my teacher would get on to me if I don’t write formal emails. I guess they just stop caring once they started getting so much mail during COVID.
omg same, the hypocrisy...
So true!
all my middle school math teachers just typed in all lowercase
Well, we don't constantly receive tens and hundreds of emails all about various topics, and thus the teacher does not have time to compose a full length formal letter back. The least they can do is acknowledge your inquiry without sounding condescending. Perhaps if you put yourselves in their shoes, you may understand what it is like to hold responsibility.
A phenomenon I've witnessed in older people is that they love to pace their messages with a "..."
e.g. "Going to the store... do you want something?"
And my brain immediately reads it as reluctancy or being sad, but I don't think there's any of that, it's just their way of working around periods sounding too severe.
I do that a lot to convey a softer ending or a short break like "that sounds... interesting?"
or just "..." if i write that on its own it means "if you piss me off once more i'm gonna find you wherever you are and rip off your head!"
I'm 18 and I always do that lol...I think it's because I tend to type longer messages but hate to use single periods since they seem to formal imo🤷🏿♂️
that's my brother born in '91 lmao. and im thirteen years younger than him. he's always like, "did you get the ticket... will you guys be okay... " it's so funny to me
today i learned i type like an old person
Well, I'm 47 years old and I type like that... I tend to use the "period" a lot... And I oftentimes don't punctuate using commas and such... For example: "so... What is on the agenda for today... If I may ask"...
Don't know why I type that way, I just started doing it unconsciously...
Perhaps it's because I just don't want to have to switch keyboards and find the proper punctuation mark on that keyboard... Especially on a phone screen like I'm using now?
Dear Tom,
I wish to extend my sincerest congratulations on this video. It was very informative.
Sincerely,
Raymond Holt
@@dr.alphys 99!
@ERVO Beats 99!
@@georgeiii2998 99!
@@rishikesh1596 99!
@@kanakrandheer 99!
“Okay!” - enthusiastic and friendly
“Okay” - casual
“Ok” - quick and maybe busy
“ok.” - death sentence
And if someone says "okey"
Might as well already unfriend them
What about, "Ok."
Joey Wild
How about “k”
“aight”
That One Guy I feel like “aight” can be casual, but not everyone would use it cuz it depends on how you talk
Sometimes I forget "who cares" is technically a question
ive heard it so much im numb to it
"who asked"
who cares
@@JBRedux "who," the person, does not care, as most likely that individual changed their name to a more proper one.
Technically you’re right and at the same time it’s also has a negative tone of it too
How could you not mention alternating upper and lower case letters to imply sarcasm. It is the greatest linguistic invention of our time.
hOw CoUlD yOu NoT mEnTiOn AlTeRnAtInG uPpEr AnD lOwEr CaSe LeTtErS tO iMpLy SaRcAsM. iT iS tHe GrEaTeSt LiNgUiStIc InVeNtIoN oF oUr TiMe.
@@wta1518 WHY DID YOU DO THAT
@@tookiecar1 wHy dId YoU dO ThAt
@@lovinglife8966STOP DOING THAT
@@ender5312 sToP dOinG tHaT
I’ve noticed an interesting thing me and friend do when talking. A good portion of the time we’ll end our sentences with the word “so” with absolutely no intention of continuing the thought, e.g. “idk what to do so”
It makes it feel more like the trailing off and interrupting of natural conversation
this is a good one, kinda common, kinda niche, wish he mentioned it in the video. "Well, I just got 4 hours of sleep, so"
Tom a few years ago: "i'm not doing language files again"
Tom a few days ago: "you shouldn't trust me"
Tom today: releases this video
It's like the "all Martians lie" thing I heard a long time ago.
Imagine that a Martian tells you all martians lie. Which would make their statement a lie, which would mean Martians were telling the truth, which would mean "all Martians lie" must be true, which would mean... etc.
Midgard Eagle and i just learned a new paradox
@@safe-keeper1042 Lying when saying "All Martians lie" would be possible as a Martian, as it is a lie if only some Martians lie.
@@safe-keeper1042 not necessarily, the opposite of "All Martians lie" might as well be "Not all Martians lie"
@@safe-keeper1042 surely it doesn't become paradoxical until it becomes "All martians always lie"? After all, just because somebody demonstrably lies does not make them incapable of telling the truth
Strangers and business meeting: formal
Family: casual
Friends: 3 brain cells
you could argue two half brain cells 👍😂
oog boog. Oog?
Gneurshk!
3 brain cells which are shared between 7 people
Be there soon!=b theyehr sieofbn
See you later=culsbssjr
Ok=oshebk
Peppa pig=pebebpbe pejebg
Meme= MEEWHSHNEME
how many?=haow majeny&)??!
Why?= Y mshdbdha?
How are you= haowihw aner murbttou
Not me writing a formal text message with congratulations to my school teacher who taught me years ago after rewriting it a few times to make it sound polite and nice just to get "aww so sweet of you babygirl, congrats to you too
Meanwhile, I've had typing formally so engrained in me that even my most casual text is written like a college essay. I haven't gone so far as to site my sources at the end though.
* Use of run-on sentences.
* “Cite,” not “Site.”
* See me after class.
@@sidasterdisaster 😂
@@sigalsmadar4547 i do not know what causes it
but i have an irrational hatred of emojis and only use them in truly the most dire of shitposting needs
@@DarkShard5728 I completely agree.
@@DarkShard5728💀
But Yet, Science Has Still To Explain The Monsters Who Type Like This.
you physically hurt me
Still better than the idiots who alternate lowercase and capitals. Ouch!
I was genuinely hoping he'd cover that, it's one of the internet's greatest mysteries
K.
Roxor128 StiLl bEtTer tHAn tHe iDiOts WhO aLteRnAte lOwErcAse aNd cAPiTaLs.. *OuCH!!1!!*
"Hey you forgot about the mocking thing!"
Tom: yOu FOrGoT aBoUt tHE MocKiNg THinG
now this takes dedication
i like using it to convey mild panic or chaos too- as in
''I hAve NoT slEPt In 3 DaYs AnD mY EntIrE bLoOdStreAm RuNs On EnErgy drINkS AnD CoFFeE PlEAsE SeNd HeLp''
@Gabriel Howell I use that for echoing or emphasis
@@scribblecloud poor use of mocking and causes confusion tbh
(Also I tend to do this when I’m conveying a whisper or a mutter under my breath)
Because how do people really read parentheses?
honestly one of my favourite things to have come out of internet typing is probably the tone tag. there are loads of them, and while they were origionaly for neurodivergent people, i really like them. for those who dont know, they are a letter or a few letters put at the end of a message after a "/" to convey tone clearly, eg /j = joking, /lh = lighthearted, /g or /gen = genuine, ect. you can find lists online and as long as they are never misused or intentionally wrong, i find them super helpful to make sure that you and the person youre talking to are both seeing each others reactions well :)
So, like jk
@@ACDBunnie Yes but more standardized / expansive.
I do not vibe with them.
@@yakobsoulstorm5187 why not? theyre not mandatory and can help a lot to prevent misunderstandings
@@matias393 If your meaning is not made clear though your words, you should use different words.
my favorite is the use of “ThIs KiNd Of TyPiNg” for mocking ridicule
i bet it makes you feel sO sMaRt...
So talking to my boss with a "friend" tone would be:
sup boss u up to givin me a raise or smthn idk
Ok
ye
and the boss b like: no❤
ye ig
Mine would be
“ hey bich don’t b shy gimme a raise 😻🤲
tHIS IS WHAT PEOPLE WRITE WHEN THEY FORGOT THAT THEY LEFT THE CAPS LOCK ON AND PRESS THE SHIFT BUTTON.
ANd this is what people write when they press the shift button for a millisecond too long!
and this is what people write when they forgot they left caps lock on and tried to actually capitalize every letter because they're angry
and this is what people write when they die midsen
I like to think that kind of capitalizing is like slowly raising your tone in a pissed off or irritated manner mid-sentence. Like for example "i thOUGHT YOU TURNED THE STOVE OFF BACK HOME!!"
LMAO
I typically use what I understand to be proper English when I type (or just talk to someone), using word choice to attempt to convey tone and always punctuating sentences, defaulting to a period if I don’t want to convey any specific tone with said punctuation. It’s just how I learned to write and I don’t perceive Internet chatting or commenting as any different from any other writing.
damn this one of little z’s best bangers absolute slap 10/10
“Huh?” = confusion
“Huh.” = interesting or okay or understanding
“huh” = durr
What's the durr
@@hafedmuharam966 Basically brainless, without thought. As a response, the person becomes brainless.
@@AkaiAzul ok thx💜
@@hafedmuharam966 huh
@@0_- Huh?
“Why say lot word, when few word do trick?”
Russia do this lot. I feel like communist now. Time to join army.
While I understand the point of making this an ungrammatical sentence, it's so easy to make it a proper sentence that actually has fewer words: Why say many words, when few suffice?
ylhajee it’s a quote from The Office
Sounds like something tommy wiseau would say
That like how Master* from Bartertown speak!
_________________
* ("Master" top half of "MasterBlaster" from _Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)_
You literally explained it perfectly. This has always been something I've done but could never explain to family members who were older (the hive mind is open ngl lmao)
I've been trying to break this habit a bit or at least practicing to switch it on and off more easily cuz I always have to catch myself from typing too informally to my boss/teachers. It's like my brain forgets what formal typing is as when I'm not actively trying (email, paper, etc).
Damn little z's 7th musical masterpiece is the best one
When You Capitalises The Beginning Of Every Word It Feels Like You’re Punching Me In The Face With Every Word
by Fall Out Boy
Isn't. It. When. You. Type. Like. This.
@@hananurulimam412 Strangely that's easier to read. It feels more like an intentional staccato rather than verbal-physical assault
my inner voice pronounces Sentences Written Like This in a flat high pitch like a robot
As a german im way to used to capitalised words to really find it weird
"Why aren't we all sitting together?"
"Dear Jake,
This is the safety protocol. We are far less conspicuous travelling as individuals.
Sincerely,
Raymond Holt."
"You don't need to sign your name on texts."
"Dear Jake,
Suggestion noted.
Sincerely,
Raymond Holt."
D-d-d-d-d-derek
Yas queen.
I wanna do this now
@@sealdew5348 Dear Common Art,
This format is copyrighted
Sincerely,
Aadi Sahni
@@aadisahni Dear Aadi,
I refuse
Sincerely,
Alan Deng
I like correct spelling and grammar; not being a native speaker, I sometimes fail at both, but at least I try. There are only a few abbreviations I use occasionally (AFAIK, IIRC, BTW, etc.), but other than that I try to use formal written English, even in very personal conversations. That goes for correct capitalization as well.
As everyone knows this is a musical masterpiece
*Me in the email to my teacher:* Hello, I would like to know if it will be possible to postpone the test by one hour because due to significant complications unfortunately I will be unable to arrive. Sincerely, Sebastian
*My teacher answering:* k, sure
My English teacher once replied with “yuus”
“aight bet”
That's a run on sentence
Lucky you got sure fr me only k
Better than being on seen
my grandma sent me a text the other day that just said "Hello..." and i briefly thought someone had died
you killed my father.
@@iagreebut7269 i AM your father.
@@kdwk474 NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
That... escalated quickly.
Jesus is the Father
My favourite of Little Z's musical masterpieces.
Tom, that's not a full stop. That's a Japanese flag.
Don't mind me, just posing so I get to see the inevitable WW2/nuke joke
Japan!
unnescessary foreign honorifics!
JAPAN!
Ngā wai o Opito I like your jacksfilms reference
my fave thing on the internet is figuring out where people hang out online or how old they are by their “internet accent”
and before it became a meme, sksksksk was a hidden gem used on Instagram only
carbohydrate child you mean twitter
My internet accent seems like an adult's, even though I'm a child. The 'teen' accent is probably the one most dissimilar to mine. a teen would probably be talking like this or something. Children (usually) have bad grammar, but they can at least have better spellings than teens, probably, because teenagers just try to type fast. If I had to figure out how old you are, I'd say 17 - 23.
I have 2 "internet accents". One is good grammar and spelling that I use for comments and formal things, and the other is just however and whatever i type
@@jeremyhammond689 Well, I'm 14 and I always type formally on RUclips. That doesn't mean I'm always polite, though. :)
Tom, I greatly appreciate your demeanor and your videos.
why is this in little Z’s musical masterpiece
'"cu l8er" doesn't appear anymore'
No that's way too many characters. cya.
cu and l8r were both used seperately
_laughs in 👋_
"bb" also works
No. It would be cu then. It’s cuz it takes longer to type 8 than a and t
Before I heard it in the Video, I read it as "Culter".
thanks for making human tutorials for my pet alien. theyre struggling to understand human conventions, but you help a lot
T. Rautenbach Nice):@/7;!!!!
wait so are you a time traveller?
@BeSarcastic probably. the raid is next month
so did the raid go well?
@@heartheater07 theyll probably just let you guys in this time. If i were a guard there, id be sick of the raids by now
This is the best musical masterpiece yet
Thank you Tom!
I believe this RUclips recommendation will change the aspect of formal writing to one of my dear friends!
Formal conversation starter: Hello.
Informal converstation starter: hey
How I start a conversation: *H*
Lmao.
Or
@Samuel Prince it do be like that doe
thanks, now this is how I start conversations now
i usually type e to my friends to start a convo with friends and they usually reply with “goodday to you too” and i find it generally pleasing
3:03"Then there's the period"
*Shows Japan's national flag*
3:03 "Then there's the period"
*Shows the color of period*
@@huybugoy I mean you’re right
@@huybugoy I mean, you had to take it as a joke
@@oreowithurea5018
You didn't get his joke.
🇯🇵
I love this musical masterpiece
this is my favourite musical masterpiece
Im not the only one who noticed
Can we talk about the massive difference between “k” and “kk”
yes everytime someone says “kk” i imagine it in Cat Valentine’s voice but with “k” it just comes off as uninterested to me
Me and my friends regularly use "kkk" instead of "ok" to show you agree
And "KKK"
Downing?
For some reason, that's the most common onomatopey of laughing that brazilians uses in internet. We don't know from where it came.
@@hipnofago2102 e
Tom: Capital letters don't really matter.
German: *THIS IS AN AVENGERS LEVEL THREAT!*
TRU!!!! 😹😹😹😹😹
Not in titles on RUclips there it's just "THIS!?!"
Ich bin gut zu vögeln.
Ich bin gut zu Vögeln.
Mooniversity ich bin kein deutsch, also I am very aware that the sentence was wrong.
du hast
i like this video so much!! i notice and use this stuff every single day, this summed it all up very nicely
Bro this was so interesting, watched the whole thing. LOVE the vids keep up the good work!
When People Writes Like This It Just Looks Like A Title Song From Fall Out Boy *by fall out boy*
I was looking for this comment
i read with every stop as if its starting a new sentence and i hate it when my brain does that
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet
It looks like a title on half of RUclips video, THE OTHER HALF ARE IN ALL CAPS!!!
By Panic! At The Disco
I never use "ok", I always use "okay" because to me it sounds more happy and joyful.
I usually use alr ans alrighty, ok just sounds like they dont wanna talk to you, which is probably the case
I make it "ookkayy" to make it more friendly
for me "okay, ok, kk" sounds like you just don't care at all.
the worst is "k" it literally sounds like
Idgaf stfu idk why but it just sounds so agressive to me idek lawl.
so i just type out , "alright" or "sure."
Same I never want to sound dry even if I do get a bunch of “ok”… I still want to sound enthusiastic and not boring.
@@Meirailene the only times I use "k" is probably when my friend says "brb"
I swear this keep getting recommended in my recommendation every time I open RUclips
This is also so true. whenever I add a full-stop to my sentences it also means that's I am serious about my sentences.
Hnbvskjdfb Don't forget keyboard spamming for abstract exasperation/panic and typing with spaces between letters for a sort of w e i r d c o m e d i c e m p h a s i s
you mean between e a c h l e t t e r o f a w o r d ?
@@Nimta *Y E S*
M E A T
a e s t h e t i c l o l
As in
*b r u h m o m e n t*
This video feels like a guide to "how to be a modern human"
Is tom an alien perhaps?
@@krisnaputramaulidan2843 Worse. He’s a… 🤢… time traveler! 🤮🤮
text edition
Then I DON'T WANT to be a modern human
@@erezsolomon3838 Aight then go play with rock , dirt boy ooga booga
"Ok." is the scariest thing ever
I subconsciously picked up on most of these. Except for the period. Thanks for letting me know how other people read my posts!
Adding a period makes it seem like you are irritated.
Like.
This.
Or, like this:
"Oh.
That."
Adding a period in unnecessary places makes it seem like you are irritated. When there are more then two sentences, periods are perfectly fine.
Not necessarily.
Enough.
WuzNab or disappointed
The most crushing text reply you can send or receive is "ok." That period is savage.
In my opinion it also applies to "ok" when it's sent after a really long message.
Or the soul crushing "good."
Usual response is "are you always a brick wall when people try to talk to you?"
@@HeyImLucious ok.
k.
I love all this linguistics knowledge now incorporating the newer way we communicate (newer than 1987 when I took my linguistics class).
Tom Scott, you are a legend mate. Lovely video.
I've seen a few non english speakers love to capitalize Letters Just Like This. And Add. Periods Randomly Too.
Well. That. Is. Disappointing.
@@mariafe7050 It. Is. Indeed.
@@notmrsunday7888
.
That person I’m arguing with: (starts typing in proper grammar and punctuation)
(Boss music)
Me: I’m in danger.
HAHAHAHA
But, you're using proper grammar and punctuation.Oh God, somebody send help!
School has drilled the “proper” sentence structure into my brain, I can’t avoid it anymore...
@@synflwr Your teacher is deducting a point from your grade on this comment because it's a run-on sentence. :^)
@@synflwr Same.
I was watching tom scott youtube poops and it autoplayed onto a real tom scott video and I was having a real hard time getting the joke in this one.
unfortunately john cant see the queen anymore
Missed opportunity to talk about capitalization used to mock people bY aLtErNaTiNg BeTwEeN uPpEr AnD LoWeR cAsE LiKe tHiS so the reader reads it as DiStOrTeD.
@jocaguz18 ah, i see, you get mocked like that before.
@jocaguz18 nOuP. nOt EvErYoNe iS aS iNsEcUrE aS yOu. :}
@jocaguz18 tHe WriTter loOkS LiKe hAS isSUeS
I don’t see it as mocking, but more to denote absurdity
It's still better than capitalizing [literally] every word of the sentence.
Seriously Why Would You Type Like This? I Myself Get A Stroke Typing And ReadingThis.
Tom: "There is no single correct way to write"
Académie Française and Real Academia Española: *ThErE iS No SiNglE cORreCT WaY To wRiTe*
Wouldn’t it be the exact opposite actually?
@@ashtarbalynestjar8000 The irregular capitalization is generally understood as mocking what is being said
Oof that's way too real it hurts
hhh académie française are just really stuck up boomers who think they know better than others
@@sauge677 Same with the Spanish one, for example they still think that 'v' and 'b' are pronounced the exact same... (They're not, at all)
i love your videos full stop
I liked this video. I had no real intention of watching out of interest but simy because why not. It's cool someone explained how talking online works in a legit way rather than the common knowledge rephrase. Very neat. :)
Ok
Ok.
Ok...
Ok. . .
Ok!
Ok!!!
Ok?
Ok???
Ok?!?
Ok...?
Ok-
Each one of them feels different yknow
k
K
ok
Ok
Okay
You vowed you’d never do this again. I’m never trusting you again, Thomas.
Shhhh, nobody needs to know
Hahah
------, Thomas. ......
Ok.
Thomatimus Scottley
TIL Tom Scott's actual name is Thomas
"wanna hang out sometime"
"ok"
i Love the way ppl type on the internet. language is Constantly Evolving and im just Happy 2 b a part of it
3:03 “And then, there’s the period.”
Actually, that’s the Japanese flag, Tom.
i exhaled audibly
Japanese figure of speech: Why not both?
And it looks angry, for some reason.
+JVCCR It’s because I’ve blown its cover... oh no...
それは何ですか。
when people just send "ok." as a response i feel like theyre not ok.
Of course not. They didn't spend 2x the time to spell out "Okay."
(/s)
I always get scared when my parents end their texts (especially shorter ones) in periods because the association is always angry in my mind
ok.
shut.
Ok boomer
Okay, going to start all my texts to friends with "salutation dear friend" from now on.
Here to say... John isn't going to see the Queen anytime soon :(
"There is no ONE correct way of writing."
Agree, but there are LOTS of wrong ways, like when people are using "there", "their" and "they're" indiscriminately.
R
But that's not a way of typing, that's bad spelling
@@jinxingxuelang No, bad spelling is knowing the word but not the exact letters. The examples I gave contain completely different words/meanings. Using them wrong means not knowing/understanding your language.
@@robhendrikx2198 I meant bad spelling as in they know how it sounds and spell what also sounds like that, except it's not how that word is spelled.
I don't think it means not understand the language because as far as I know it's mostly a thing native speakers do.
words hard, dude :( I've found myself typing up completely different words when I mean to type another: once I typed whale when I meant to type well :(((((
nobody:
every adult i know: **uses ellipses waayyy more than they should"
example: Hey.... going to the store..... tell me if u need anything....
it just feels like they're hiding something LMAO
I used to use them a lot. I considered it a natural or even ‘dramatic’ pause. When I realised how people thought about it, I changed.
@@RevJamesCostello lmao same. I still use them as dramatic pauses, but it loses its meaning when every other comment on RUclips uses them to signify "real world talking"
Most comments under educational videos are phrased like this: "how do i use this formula............ Pls response" by my fellow indians
"Son we have to pick you up from school..." has a way more ominous vibe than "Son we have to pick you up from school"
OH MY GOD MY DAD USED TO DO THAT
me and my friends:
"my balls itch"
"Same bro"
I once saw a guy who was physically incapable of typing "L" other than Caps. Even in the middle of a word.
"Something Like typing a LittLe Like this. I couLdn't and stiLL can't get over it"
Talking to friends : "aye mate"
Talking to families : "Hi"
Talking to bosses : "Good afternoon."
Talking to The President : "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Researchers writing a paper : "A standard form of greeting were given from the speaker to his/her opponent(s) of speech"
That's so true (Just Me, 2020).
@@victoryerz2030 Save me from citiations!
Talking to friends: sup
Talking to family: sup
Talking to boss: sup
Talking to president: sup
@Commander Maro it is just a simple way of respecting other people.
talking to trump: u thupid
I remember when people thought abbreviated text language was going to change English completely, then predictive text came along and wiped it out entirely.
To be fair, there have been worse predictions. I used to suspect the impending advent of a language of all emotes/emojis. Nothin wrong with, well, being wrong.
@@michaelcherokee8906 Emojis are a good substitute to body language which is otherwise non existent in pure text dialogue.
If texting could ruin language, the telegraph would've already done that 150 years ago
@@michaelcherokee8906 there are several actually: emojilang, emoji*code* for programming, an adaptation of the minimalist language `toki pona` (which has like 125 words so it's really easy to make a writing system for), iConji is a similar idea but if we're counting that then blissymbols too,
@@hecko-yes Im sorry, I am not remotely following what youre talking about. There are several what? What subject are we on?
Tone tags/indicators relieve so much confusion and communication inconsistencies online. I’m very grateful they exist. /gen
/indicators just show that we as a species have declined so much that we can't even form full sentences anymore.
Can't wait for this to be in english and/or history lessons in the future.
How Tom shows the period:
“Punctuation”
“The Japan Flag”
“That time of the month again”
It’s called a full stop
@@Q75 it's also called a period :))
Ok
The way it looks in the video, it could represent all three.
Forgive me if that’s the joke and I missed it
Soumya Bharath in my country we call it a full stop
People: There isn't a way to convey sarcasm more clearly.
Me, an intellectual: tHeRe iSN't a wAY tO cONveY sArCaSM mORe cLEarLy.
There sure isn't, doggerino. The Interwebz can never udnerstan the power of snarkasm. It jsut ca'nt exits in writign 🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻
that's more mocking them than being sarcastisc, but you sure did try buddy
I love people who don't understand sarcasm.
@@sarcasm-83 You're so misunderstood... Ahh, you poor soul
"Look like i forgot to disable the capslock"
love your vids
Watching this video had made me realize exactly how formal I was. Nice video, I liked it.
because "whats up gamers B)" is better than "What is above You, Game players?"
haHA, what appears to have an increased vertical height relative to you, fellow interactive video media consumers?
@@jezzaboi2168 If, one were to turn one's gaze in an upwards direction, what is it that one would see? To answer this question, I call upon those who regularly and wantonly input electronic commands into a specialised computer in a specific manner for auditory and visual feedback.
@@lucasrobin2788 answer me this fellow human. Should you choose to rotate the vertebrate connecting your torso to your cranium away from the centre of gravity, explain to me the metaphorical feeling you would experience relating to the visual input of light. I say this in accordance to our related interest in entertainment found in the control of electricity passing transistors to therefore enable the manipulation of lights of which to stimulate a virtual reality of fiction.
god i wish i could master english to this level
Hahaha xD
You guys are awesome. This is the verbose meme all over again.
just seeing " ok. " in the thumbnail made me nervous... why do i live like this
ok.
You know why.
Yet "Okay." seems slightly different.
K.
k
John ain’t gonna see the queen no more
Greetings sir,
I am formally writing this opinion of mine to tell you that this video is very well produced and very educational.
One of your commenters,
I feel like you're the only not gen z or young millenial person who actually understands what all these things mean. Maybe even better than younger folks bc at least I can often not really put my finger on why exactly a certain typing style makes me feel this or that way. We're just so used to it that we understand it without a second thought.
Ok
69 likes
And then there's me, a Z-ennial who has no clue what the majority of this stuff means. Not even subconsciously.
right? it's cool seeing someone like Tom (intelligent, mature, articulate, respectable, etc) seriously consider and analyze the mechanics and nuances of gen-z internet speech. I feel like so many adults, especially those involved with academia, are super condescending and dismissive of how teens speak and refuse to recognize it as an equally legitimate method of communication as "proper" language. Language is all made up, and getting stingy about the rules seems so goofy and pointless to me.
Ok boomer
You forgot exclamation marks with !!!!1
With a 1.
It matters.
I never knew what does it means.
What does it means?
@@ynntari2775 It means overexcitement, or alternatively ironic overexcitement.
Finally a new linguistics video!!!!!!11
They're so excited they can't hold down "shift" !!!1!!!11!!!!!!
yes, with a!!!one!!!!
Don't forget writing the word for more sarcasm!!1one!!eleven1!
This is the most relatable video ever
At some point I combined "ah" and "okay" into "ahkay" and I've never gone back since
I don’t write “ahkay” but I do say irl :)
I shortend "I know " to "Ino" and now me and my friends use it on a regular basis
On periods: My dad and my aunt always sound ice cold through text. Because they use full stops.
"Ok."
"Fun."
"I'm really excited."
Ouch.
Bruh.
Meh.
It's more like:
Ok...
That sounds great...
Wow...
That's also me, and I'm young(ish), I basically grew up on the internet, I've been typing to people seen I was 8. I just can't help using periods.
i never realized that it could be misunderstood
“It’s been great talking to you. “ “Haha. “ are some of the worst they sound really sarcastic even if it’s not the intent
"Okay!" - Nice, friendly, energetic
"Okay" - Casual, probably sitting
"Ok" - Doesn't want to type ay
"Ok." - Die.
"K." - Well basically you're dead to me.
Kk
Just in a hurry or just bored of talking
“ok.” it’s the worst with “k.”
2 Ok's.
Okie dokie
Actually the original word is "OK" not "okay", so in a sense typing "Ok" is more correct than "Okay" and has nothing to do with not wanting to type "ay". At least for some/most people.
I appreciate the subtle Fault in our Stars reference in the title card
Me:my dad every time say “ok.”