TIL there is a proposed punctuation mark for irony and sarcasm, but due to lack of adoption it remains unused en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL that there is a punctuation mark for sarcasm. Introduced in 2010, the "SarcMark" looks like a reversed 6 with a dot in the middle. It is used just like the question mark or exclamation mark, except this mark indicates irony or sarcasm. However, anyone hoping to use it must pay $1.99 (ยฃ1.20). theguardian.com/technologโ€ฆ
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TIL โธฎ is a punctuation mark to signify irony or sarcasm, instead of /s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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Spammer with zero knowledge of punctuation, tells me "You have to learn English". Oh, sweet irony...
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There is a punctuation mark used to signify irony or sarcasm that looks like a backwards question mark โธฎ
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Irony punctuation - Wikipedia wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_โ€ฆ
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TIL thereโ€™s a proposed form of notation called โ€Irony Punctuationโ€ (โธฎ) used to denote irony and sarcasm in text en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL that in 1966, French author Hervรฉ Bazin proposed various new punctuation marks to represent things like love, doubt, irony and authority. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herโ€ฆ
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TIL there is an irony punctuation. It's a rearranged question mark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL before the /s tag, people have been using punctuation marks for irony since the 1600's, first with an upside-down exclamation point (ยก), then with an inverted question mark (โธฎ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL the interobang โ€ฝ denotes an interrogative exclamation and irony punctuation โธฎ denotes irony or sarcasm. wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_โ€ฆ
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With Twitter and Texting we need to bring back irony marks as punctuation... wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_โ€ฆ
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TIL that a backwards question mark (โธฎ) is a punctuation mark that can be used for irony and sarcasm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL there is actually punctuation to denote irony or sarcasm, which takes the form of a reversed question mark en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iโ€ฆ
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Today I learned that there's a punctuation mark to denote irony: ุŸ. Could be useful on Reddit! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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The interrobang, irony mark, and other such symbols: What punctuation does your conlang use?

Loads of notations have been proposed through the ages, but most never gained any real popularity. What (non-standard) punctuation do your conlangs use, and have any of them faded into esoteric use by your speakerbases/fallen out of use?

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TIL that there is a punctuation mark to signify irony. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL that a punctuation mark used to denote sarcasm and/or irony in written text exists (ุŸ). There also exists marks for doubt, certitude, acclimation, authority and love, however they are not printable on reddit. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL that there was an attempt to create an irony punctuation mark, as well one for certitude, doubt and others en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL that there is a punctuation mark for Irony (ุŸ) todayifoundout.com/index.โ€ฆ
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Irony punctuation is any form of notation used to denote irony or sarcasm in text. Written English lacks a standard way to mark irony, and several forms of punctuation have been proposed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL Several forms of irony/sarcasm punctuation have been proposed, among the oldest and frequently attested is the "percontation point" invented by English printer Henry Denham in the 1580s. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL There is a punctuation mark to denote sarcasm and other forms of irony. SeriouslyุŸ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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With the rise of social media, functional punctuation for irony/sarcasm has gone from niche to necessity. How would you design it?
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TIL there is a punctuation mark used to show irony mentalfloss.com/article/1โ€ฆ
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TIL that "โธฎ" has been proposed as a punctuation mark to denote irony since the 1580s. - todayilearned reddit.com/r/todayilearneโ€ฆ
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Today I learned that there's a punctuation mark to denote irony: ุŸ. Could be useful on Reddit! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL there is a punctuation mark used to indicate irony or sarcasm "ุŸ"โ€ฌ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL there is a punctuation mark that was first proposed in the 1580s to denote sarcasm or irony. It's a backwards question mark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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TIL For over 300 years there have been attempts to create punctuation marks designed specifically to emphasize irony. shadycharacters.co.uk/201โ€ฆ
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TIL about the Snark Mark, a punctuation mark proposed to represent sarcasm and irony. Had this been picked up, modern communication would be so much easier... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaโ€ฆ
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You should know that there is an 'irony mark' amidst english punctuation. todayifoundout.com/index.โ€ฆ
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The irony mark is a proposed punctuation mark that was suggested to be used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level (e.g. irony, sarcasm, etc.). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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A punctuation mark for irony/sarcasm? Well hello there! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroโ€ฆ
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Valdor: Birth of The Imperium, in-depth summary/analysis and lore observations (Part 10) [Spoilers]

14: ACHILLA

  • Achilla is drawn up on the ridge overlooking the Palace alongside his cohorts in Kandawire's army, with "contingents of infantry stretched as far as he could see on either side of him, fully prepped for battle and palpably itching to charge down the slope."
  • He sees Valdor emerge from the city alone and watches the parley from afar with contempt, believing "the were no negotiations to be had here. Here, talk was, as it was everywhere else, a pointless distraction from the real business."

>The first sign of trouble had been his oculus-targeter twitching. Its rangeexpander had been playing up ever since they had entered the heart of the storm, so heโ€™d pulled it back from maximum power. That malfunction in itself had been odd โ€“ the device was meant to be immune from atmospheric contamination โ€“ but his mind had been fixated on the agreeable slaughter about to happen, and so heโ€™d not paid much attention.
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>Then it had started twitching madly. For a second, a ludicrous second, it looked as though there were a whole new storm of signals advancing out from the northern approaches to the gate, marching in serried formation under the lightning-sparked skirts of the thunderheads. Then the reading was gone, replaced by a scream of static, and he could only see that irritating gaggle of Thunder Warriors standing out in the open like beggars haggling over scraps with the Emperorโ€™s golden ambassador.
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>He shifted position, feeling his old limbs creak in the cold. Slak had his lance ready too, similarly burning to move.
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>โ€˜Whatโ€™re they waiting for?โ€™ Achilla muttered.
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>Slak stiffened. โ€˜Damn,โ€™ the big man said, softly.
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>Achilla turned on him. โ€˜What?โ€™
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>Slak wasnโ€™t looking at him. Slak was peering out into the storm, his helm-visor making a strange whirring sound. He must have had some kind of augur-mechanism in there. Heโ€™d kept that quiet.
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>Achilla turned back to the battlefield and tried to adjust his own augmetics. For a moment, all he saw was the snow gusting and the irondark terrain, all of it glowering under the relentless bludgeon of the wind. Then, in a sudden data-blurt of clarity, he saw what Slak had just seen.
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>โ€˜Damn,โ€™ he breathed.
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>*The battle-signal finally flashed across his helm-visor. The tanksโ€™ engines gunned into life. The artillery opened up, and the infant

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Is this chicken of the woods? Asking for a friend ;)
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