Gretchen McCulloch’s Because Internet (2019) gives an energetic and enthusiastic overview of how the internet is changing language. McCulloch shows how the language we use helps us find belonging and identity, and sees the emerging quirks and weirdnesses of internet writing as a cause for celebration, rather than anxiety about “technology eroding language”. We discuss expressive lengtheningggg, our own social media coming-of-age, and her metaphor of “internet as uncharted territory”.Links:Find out more about Gretchen McCulloch through her podcast Lingthusiasm and via her website: https://gretchenmcculloch.com/To see how we write the web, follow us on Twitter @writingtheweb @charlespidgeona (Charles) @danglingwire (Molly)Music by Alice Boyd: https://soundcloud.com/aliceboydPodcast transcription available at: wordpress