so i herd u liek mudkipz: Affordances and Constraints

 

'so i herd u liek mudkipz' has been a popular internet meme since early 2005. The user has taken the meme and, while using an image of a mudkip, has changed the text font and style to that of old time English. This particular meme was around before most social networking sites and so it would've been mostly found of internet forums like this one here. This particular meme would appeal to fans of the popular game and anime series 'Pokemon' and thus means that it already has a pre-created fanbase surrounding the meme which would help the spread of it around the internet and into many internet forums and YouTube spoof videos which hit around a million views each. By changing the noun mudkips to 'kips of the mud' it adds a humours edge to the meme and in turn also cements that it is a ye-olde-english parody of the popular phrase. An affordance is that this image is easy to spread around and the meme itself is easily adaptable and can be put into any form of internet communication (eg Facebook, Twitter, comment section, YouTube). But, a constraint it that many people might not get this meme if they are not a fan of 'Pokemon'.

Research into the Princess phone

The Princess phone went into production in 1959 by the supply arm, Bell System. They wanted to create something which the customer wanted and was both decoration and a great utility. 
Despite complaints about the prototype being unbalance and sliding whenever someone tried to dial, Bell Labs decided to disregard the complaints and manufacture it anyway. Bell Labs lost millions of dollars as a counter weight had to be installed after purchasers complained. 
The original colours of the phone was any generic phone colour (white, pink, light beige, light blue and turquoise) but black which was made available in 1963 (as well as green, yellow and grey). 
The Princess phone got a very bad reputation for many reasons, the main reason though was the fact that it was very easy to knock the headset off the cradle; but, despite its flaws it still has one of the most beloved telephone designs of all time

Transcript Analysis

There is a 6 second long pause in the transcript. This is between 'like' and a description of a hook. Based on the long pause we can assume that the speaker was looking at the hook and was trying to find the best way to describe it. With added context about what is actually happening we can assume that the first speaker is looking at the picture while the second speaker is probably trying to complete the last task given to them. The 6 seconds appear after the word 'like' which is typically use as as filler in today's society and so by having the pause after the filler clearly shows some level of thought supporting the idea that the speaker is trying to think of an appropriate way of describing the hook. 

The use of unconventional pronunciation of ''bout' is another example of the way language has adapted in today's modern society just like the use of 'like' as a filler. The speaker says ''bout' in stead of 'about' which shows how language is normally spoken differently to how it is wrote, and by shortening 'about' it give a casual register. The use of ''bout' could also be because of an accent and with context, we know that this was spoken in Bristol so this is highly probable.