![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
athousanderrorsvia http://ift.tt/2s9QCMz:
mylittleredgirl:
normalgiraffes:
lilliburlero:
ineptshieldmaid:
k-loulee:
mortharris:
uglyfun:
Hi, I’m here to propose that A.A. Milne’s distinctive syntax in the Winnie-the-Pooh books is a major origin of modern Capital Letters Used For Emphasis On The Internet. Observe:
(in which Pooh wryly self-deprecates)
(in which Eeyore masters modern sarcasm)
(in which Eeyore is vagueblogging)
(in which Owl says something i would absolutely type in the YOOL 2017)
(In which Eeyore continues to be a shining example to us all)
(in which Pooh describes a Big Mood)
(in which Piglet has a Relatable Experience)
I could go on, but you can read the books and find your own. It’s a weirdly modern-feeling layer to an old, thoroughly enjoyable story and most of the original Pooh books are online for free. I cited from this online text upload of the book. Enjoy!
holy shit i think you just cracked the linguistic case of the era
to be honest i think like this a Great Majority of the time
type like it too, on Twitter and tumblr
It is a little Anxious, said I, to be a Very Tired Grad Student Entirely Surrounded By Half-Written Research Papers.
Quaere: does Winnie-the-Pooh predate The Provincial Lady? (It does).
I think it goes back at least to emphatic writing patterns in epistolary novels, though, any never really went away.
@mylittleredgirl
This post is of Extreme Importance.
(Your picture was not posted)
mylittleredgirl:
normalgiraffes:
lilliburlero:
ineptshieldmaid:
k-loulee:
mortharris:
uglyfun:
Hi, I’m here to propose that A.A. Milne’s distinctive syntax in the Winnie-the-Pooh books is a major origin of modern Capital Letters Used For Emphasis On The Internet. Observe:
(in which Pooh wryly self-deprecates)
(in which Eeyore masters modern sarcasm)
(in which Eeyore is vagueblogging)
(in which Owl says something i would absolutely type in the YOOL 2017)
(In which Eeyore continues to be a shining example to us all)
(in which Pooh describes a Big Mood)
(in which Piglet has a Relatable Experience)
I could go on, but you can read the books and find your own. It’s a weirdly modern-feeling layer to an old, thoroughly enjoyable story and most of the original Pooh books are online for free. I cited from this online text upload of the book. Enjoy!
holy shit i think you just cracked the linguistic case of the era
to be honest i think like this a Great Majority of the time
type like it too, on Twitter and tumblr
It is a little Anxious, said I, to be a Very Tired Grad Student Entirely Surrounded By Half-Written Research Papers.
Quaere: does Winnie-the-Pooh predate The Provincial Lady? (It does).
I think it goes back at least to emphatic writing patterns in epistolary novels, though, any never really went away.
@mylittleredgirl
This post is of Extreme Importance.
(Your picture was not posted)
