- acknowledgement of humor: tee hee, ha; LOL,
- use of bridging phrases followed by a return (akin to the verbal "um"): but, and
- specific patterns of emoticons and non-standard punctuation
- consistent spelling errors of certain words
- habitual pauses in certain situations, such as breaking a sentence in two for dramatic pause
None of the examples above are exclusive to any specific individual, but in combination they can be unique enough to create a recognizable signature.
5 comments:
This is the reason we often spots alts quite quickly i think(?) =)
...and one of the reasons voice interrupts my picture of how someone sounds. I think you are very right. It always amazes me when i hear people as being american in voice whereas they are a sort of universal english in my head.
I dislike voice for this reason, it breaks my image of that person apart.
I call it typing "wrist" (after the old Morse term). Everything including punctuation, word choice, grammatical style, pacing and timing.
Wrist is very distinctive, I find.
I actually actively try to cultivate it. I never thought of it as "voice" per se, but I think you're absolutely right.
I find it hard to chat with people who don't have any - no expressiveness, no emotion, no actions (whether abbreviations - LOL, or roleplay type chat - *laughs*). It's a sort of "voice" too, but to me it comes across as the most dreadful monotone, and impossible to engage with emotionally.
Ah, text voice . . . one of the layers of that identity onion. Isn't it amazing how many layers there are, ways of getting to know someone? I always love it when I begin to recognize someone just by their style of chat - or blog post!
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