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Where have you been all my life, the Interrobang‽ Less so, the Asterism, despite the awesome name. How many of

these did you know already? Be honest.

Dagger

Also called an Obelisk. This bad boy (on the le), and its two-headed friend (on the right) the Double Dagger

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or Diesis, represents a javelin, which is cung out extraneous stuff from your text. Its primary use through the

ages has been to mark out superfluous repeons in translaon, though nowadays it mostly just stands in as

a kind of footnote.

Caret

Also called a Wedge, an Up-Arrow, and a Hat, which is cute. The word caret is Lan for "it lacks," which is

convenient, because the caret is primarily used to indicate something that's missing from the original text.

Solidus

Not to be confused with a slash! The Solidus is also called a Shilling Mark (presumably by old Brish dudes in

top hats) and it is at a much steeper angle than a boring old backslash. Back before decimilizaon took the

world by storm, the Solidus was used to set apart diff erent values of currency from each other.

Asterism

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The Asterism has an awesome name, a cool look, and a really lame usage. It's for indicang minor breaks in

text. It can also mean "untled," apparently.

Guillemets

Guillemets means "Lile Williams," which is interesng but unhelpful. They're named aer a 16th Century

French printer. Their primary role is in non-English languages that use them as quotaon marks.

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Mainly used for Boolean funcons and proposional calculus. Truth tables. Stuff like that.

Because Sign

This one's so cool. It's like the "Therefore" sign, but upside-down, and it means because.

Secon Sign


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To indicate secons in a text, mostly by lawyers, who are too good for regular punctuaon marks. You

probably knew this one, but it's cool-looking, so.

Exclamaon Comma

Just because you're excited about something doesn't mean you have to end the sentence.

Queson Comma


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The interrogave version of its best friend the Exclamaon Comma.

Interrobang

It's a combo-Exclamaon/Queson mark, and it's awesome. It is the glorious punctuaonal equivalent of

saying OMGWTF?!

Hedera


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Hedera is Lan for ivy. Why that is relevant here is not very clear at all, but this lile glyph was used back in

the day to mark paragraph breaks. Seems like it was probably really hard and annoying to draw, but it looks

nice.

Pilcrow

This one's also for paragraph breaks. Most people will be familiar with it, though not with the fact that it's

called a Pilcrow. It's also referred to as "The Blind P," which sounds like a good name for some hopelessly twee

indie band. "Pilcrow" is the Middle English word for "Paragraph." You will never be able to use that fun fact in

real life.

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Also called the Percontaon Point and the Irony Mark, this one's used to indicate that there's another layer of

meaning in a sentence. Usually a sarcasc or ironic one. So it is essenally a tool for smart people to use to

make stupid people feel even stupider. Which makes it the best punctuaon mark of all.

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I just discovered these in class today! Didn't know their meaning though l now.

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The Hedera is called that because it looks like ivy. The heart shape is a leaf, the rest the

vine!

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If some of these are new to you at age 22 you may need to go back to school.

The Interrobang though is fantasc.

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punctuaon love

A Pea

10 hours ago


Around here we oen called the caret a circumfl

ex.mikeo8

12 hours ago


Exclamaon comma! Where have you been all this me?! I've needed you! See, I

needed you right there at the end of that first sentence!

oOo

13 hours ago


Human language amazes me. Make these mandatory on a ll keyboards, stat! alexirosew

13 hours ago


I think most people know 1-4 & 6. And I wish the interrobang and snark were in my

symbols palee. The others I've never even seen before.

PersonalGenius

17 hours ago


guillements = thought-speak marks #animorphs Joshua W.

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favourites are the interrobang and the snark. Oh and the Hedera, for no reason other

than it just plain looks nice. I already knew of interrobangs though.

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I thought my math teachers were calling the “^” a “carrot.” I know I'm certainly not the

only one, but nonetheless I feel very silly now.

benr11

a day ago

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Love interrobang…sounds kinky. bookslut

a day ago


“Interrobang” is a great word. It sounds like you're being quesoned by the police

when things suddenly and unexpectedly get sexy! (Incidentally, my cousin has Asterism. It's no laughing maer. We try not to bring it up

at family reunions.)

joeb11

a day ago


I knew most of these already, but they are prey niy. stacyroseh

a day ago


SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS THE DOUBLE DAGGER!! (…or diesis.)

jasontylerb

a day ago


Nerd me just went to heaven. I smell a new tat!!!! Lol Ru n

a day ago


‽- my favorite. Ignaus O'Toole

a day ago


how do people not know most of these? a short haired girl

a day ago


¡ - upside down queson mark, also known as the “splainu” from its usage by Ricky

Ricardo:

¡ Lucy, I got to splainu something !

therblig

a day ago


Knew some of them. Some of this are awesome. Can we start a peon to have

qwerty-extended keyboards that include these?

cutestalker

a day ago


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