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Thursday, March 25, 2004

interrobang

Yes, I'm with Sarcasmo in endorsing the interrobang - the question/exclamation mark combo as a punctuation mark of our times. (Although the page in question does describe it as A twentieth century punctuation mark. Passé already? Perhaps the levels of curiosity have dipped since 1962, a bit like OMG gradually leaving WTF to it.

Alas there is no html code to render the sign. One promised a bang but delivered a whimper:

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although maybe the inverted question mark is more 21st century. Less excitement, more of the shrug.

I hope the code is created soon, along with a whoosh

(more at wikpedia)

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