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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago

Weird. For me, the ellipsis is just a way of "trailing off" like I would when I speak. Kids these days... (no anger, just leaving off the "old man yelling at clouds" bits for brevity)

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Language evolves, as it always has

Especially in informal writing, tone is important, so various techniques end up developing to transmit that tone. Formal writing, which is what writing mostly used to be used for, does not use large amounts of tone

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