Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea 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! ---------------------------------------­­-------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------­­-------------------------------- 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLiB0OONjec 3:46 http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally 4:24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ruJBKFrRCk 4:51 https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/275201914/ 5:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po3huhZo5hM 5:43 http://imgur.com/gallery/N2PYK8S 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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u8HQNG9k2s ---------------------------------------­­-------- COMMENTS https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6LMHyo5Gxz-QPk71HRiDuNttNuRYoJUitc14-IVbsQ/edit --------------------------------------- TWEET OF THE WEEK https://twitter.com/enochobus/status/496625557283815424 TUMBLR POST OF THE WEEK http://therisingtithes.tumblr.com/post/93368832798 ---------------------------------------­­ 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 -------------------------------- Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us/ Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVscW9LEMp0 Is Cosplay a Form of Theater? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MOzzH-Y-k Could Sports Ever Replace War? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgBb7U6j4ns Are There Rules For Spoilers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOztr628Evw