fanspeak

[katster]

The difference between fanspeak and mundanes' speech. Swiped from technoshaman

Some of it rings true for me. Some of it I'd still have to think about. I know I do tend to speak in full sentences (hell, I *type* in full sentences, even in IRC), and as for footnotes, isn't that what a parenthetical aside is? :)

yeah, this was fascinating.

[argh, now I need a geeky icon]

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[lirazel.livejournal.com]

This is really fascinating!

In particular, I like the thought that "fan" articulation may result from being very bright children trying to communicate with adults.

Wonder what she'd think of a sysadmin convention?

Thank you so much for posting this. I plan to share it widely. ^_^