dear anthropologists:
when I stretch a word in spoken english, I stretch the last vowel sound, so "cute" becomes something like "cyuuut."
but when I *write* that word, I stretch the last *symbol*, so "cute" becomes "cuteee".
however, I make a special exception for the letter k. for instance, "steak" would become "steaaak", and not "steakkk". this is because the letters "kkk" are still associated in my memory with racist cultists.
hope this helps, thank you!