Full stops in text messages. Full stops connote a formality in a medium that's otherwise casual. That can suggest a level of anger or irritation. This is hardl

Full stops in text messages. Full stops connote a formality in a medium that's otherwise casual. That can suggest a level of anger or irritation. This is hardly news, of course. And the article is full of links to old sources. There's a nice discussion of this in Gretchen McCullough's 2019 book Because Internet. https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/ https://gretchenmcculloch.com/book/ It's interesting to note the way conventions like this arise. And it will continue to evolve. But it's not really any different from any other bit of linguistic evolution.