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Originally Posted by Janszoon
What's the deal with that? I've seen it before and couldn't fathom what it could possibly mean. Is there an actual reason people do that?
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It's hard to explain without demonstrating in person. It's basically like stressing a word at the vowel point (even though the constanat is the letter multiplied. So audibly, "thisssssssssssss would sound like [thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissss]. it's done to sound cute, to indicate a playful tone, etc