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Comment on There should be a semicolon punctuation for exclamation and question marks.
TheSpookiestUser@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I often see this accomplished with dashed interjections - dashes! can you believe that? - as a way to break up a sentence while still continuing with a single train of thought. But I always support the invention of new punctuation, how long has it been since we got any? We’re well overdue.
HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Is the interrobang not enough for you‽
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
¡I love the interrobang! But I feel like we need more than just that. ⸘Would it not be fantastic to know the tone of a sentence from the beginning‽
Also, I believe what OP is looking for is something like this image. Sadly, I can’t find a keyboard with them, or a copy/pastable line where they’ve been typed. 1000010473
Would also be useful mixed with the interrobang. The backwards question mark “⸮” is also often used for rhetorical questions. But it’s sometimes replaced with ❓because it’s easier to type on a phone. ❗Is sometimes used for sarcastic enthusiasm, too, instead of the “official” sarcmark with is apparently copywrited and difficult to parse because it’s all swirly and weird, whereas the big red ❗ or ❓ is way more obviously out of place and meant to be noticed, like sarcasm or a rhetorical question.
418teapot@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe use combining diacritical marks?
I’m using 0x326 (Combining Comma Below), but you may need the ZWJ in there to render correctly in all contexts
e.g.
Foo!̦ Bar?̦
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
I’m not techy enough to know if that’s something I can do on my android or not. Lol. I never use the laptop for anything other than school.
tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I always enjoy a good interrobang before bed
We’re both talking about the same thing right?