Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/sOeo30rkCRJ Have you ever wondered why you parents are terrible at texting? Or why you seem to have different voices on social media versus email? In this video, Taha explores his typographical tone of voice on Twitter (spoiler: it's just a lot of commas). SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER It gets you access to exclusive content, playlists, and ways to get involved with future videos! https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Produced by Taha Khan Video Editing by Sabrina Cruz Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Sound Design by Sabrina Cruz MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress RECOMMENDED READING Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! What do you call a world renowned linguist? A figure of speech. Leave a comment with the word SPEECH to let me know you were here ;-)