
The punctuation marks we nearly had
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Why is there no punctuation mark for irony? Or to flag up a rhetorical question? Well, the fact is: there once was. Numerous innovative marks have been invented then discarded ( although you can still find them if you look hard enough).
In this video, let's explore the punctuation marks we nearly had, and the ones we had, but lost. These include the interrobang, the sarcmark, the percontation point, the asterism and many more.
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Why is there no punctuation mark for irony? Or to flag up a rhetorical question? Well, the fact is: there once was. Numerous innovative marks have been invented then discarded ( although you can still find them if you look hard enough).
In this video, let's explore the punctuation marks we nearly had, and the ones we had, but lost. These include the interrobang, the sarcmark, the percontation point, the asterism and many more.
???????MY EDINBURGH SHOW???????
Tickets: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/robwords-live
⁉️KEITH'S BOOK⁉️
Shady Characters: https://shadycharacters.co.uk/books/shady-characters-the-book/
?COOL TSHIRTS: https://robwords.com/shop
⭐️PATREON COMMUNITY: https://patreon.com/robwords
?FREE NEWSLETTER: https://www.robwords.com/newsletter
Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok:
https://robwords.com
https://x.com/robwordsYT
https://tiktok.com/@robwords
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