[greggyb]

If a one-word response would seem more negative or less enthusiastic with a period, then I posit it was not carrying a positive or enthusiastic message in the first place. If I want someone to interpret a one-word answer as enthusiastic, I'll put a bloody exclamation point on it.

And you get back to the real core of my point (though I could probably have been clearer).

> Sounds pretty reasonable to me for SMS/WhatsApp texting, and definitely something I agree with since ending a one-word statement with a period when you otherwise never use periods is clearly a statement no matter how small.

I punctuate fastidiously. In my un-blinded, anecdotal data, my interlocutors do not interpret my punctuation negatively. Sometimes they say my vocabulary makes it seem like I'm too big for my britches ... and that I use archaic idioms.

[rdw]

Cool.

[pixelpoet]

Bye.

[pertymcpert]

You've utterly missed the point. There are subtleties here that are completely lost on you. Just give up.

[scubbo]

Nice.

[phist_mcgee]

Cool bro, you know how to use big words, but you don't seem to know when to use them. That doesn't make you smarter than most, it makes your writing more obtuse.

[greggyb]

Yeah! Like I said, too big for my britches. (;