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> イッヌ「ご主人！がんばって！」

In the above dog-related tweet, 犬 seems to be spelled as 'イッヌ' rather than
'イヌ'. Is the presence of 'ッ' a typo or is it a stylistic choice? If it's not a
typo, are there circumstances where you should use write ッヌ instead of ンヌ in a
word?
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katakana internet-slang
犬 spelled as イッヌ
It's Japanese equivalent of the word
[doge](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doge) and doggo(thanks to @naruto). It's
a slang for a word 犬/イヌ, that was born in famous Japanese BBS, 2ch.

So no, you shouldn't be using this word in normal conversation. You can
however, use this word in a tweet like that.
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I don't know if it can be called as a stylistic choice, but the 'spelling' イッヌ
is intentional. It is a slang which originated from a (notorious) Japanese
website (then) called 2ちゃんねる.
[This](https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%83%E3%83%8C) explains how it
got created.

As such, if you know nothing about the website, it is better to stay away from
writing ッヌ.
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