![]() According to Wikipedia, this is common usage in Japanese punctuation- so I think I got this idea from watching Anime and communicating with otaku. These sort of things, to me, are too important to leave to chance!Įnter the tilde. This, I find, allows the recipient to interpret the urgency of the message. Sometimes it can be interesting to send something like “what are you doing tonight” without the question mark. “What are you doing tonight?” is a question. Somehow, a question mark in a text message seems a little imposing. Oftentimes I find that the regular question mark puts the recipient on the spot. I wrote this entire blog post primarily because I wanted to talk about the tilde. Between friends, I prefer “whatcha doing tonight?” That’s the sort of message I’d send a business partner, or maybe even a romantic interest. I think this is partially because SMSes are necessarily short, so “What are you doing tonight?” somehow seems a little menacing, or even demanding. For some reason, an SMS written in perfect English can be rather intimidating. I personally have a habit of SMSing in fully formed sentences, or at least well-formed fragments. Hyper-analyse the world of SMSing? Challenge accepted! It’s harder than ever before to express subtle emotions. We’ve traded dynamics for efficiency and convenience. Things have gotten a lot more succinct since then. A letter of passion, on the other hand, might be more effective if it is written quickly, without any censorship or editing. If a letter was of great importance, you often wrote a draft before re-writing it. There are all sorts of little hints, too- the style of the handwriting, the frequency of cancellations (if any), the addition of post scripts. When you’re writing long handwritten letters, as was commonplace in ye olde age, you had the time and space to communicate your tone. How the message is transmitted speaks louder than the message itself. The amount of data transmitted is immense: tone of voice, inflections, body language, facial expression, et cetera. ![]() I think anything worth doing is worth doing well- especially in the realm of writing, or expression in general.įace-to-face interaction is the richest form of communication. (If you’re going to ask me what the point of such a guide might be, this article probably isn’t for you. ![]() Here’s my tongue-in-cheek guide to writing artfully in SMS format, or on Facebook and Twitter. There have been many great books and articles written about the art of writing- how to write formal letters, how to write love letters (I’m a big fan of Tom Chiarella), and even how to write for the web.
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