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  1. Andrew (andrewt@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 23:08:33 CET Andrew Andrew
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    • Christine Lemmer-Webber

    @cwebber this is extremely funny to me

    In conversation Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 23:08:33 CET from mastodon.social permalink

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    • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 23:08:34 CET Christine Lemmer-Webber Christine Lemmer-Webber

      BTW, if you see ⸮ in my posts, that's because I'm aware I'm making a post that MIGHT NOT BE OBVIOUS that it's humorous or sarcastic to some readers. (I will not always mark my humor/sarcasm.) In other words, it's similar to /s, but a bit broader. And there's a character for it!

      Read up on "Irony punctuation"! It has a history! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation

      In conversation Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 23:08:34 CET permalink

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      1. Irony punctuation
        Irony punctuation is any form of notation proposed or 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. Among the oldest and most frequently attested are the percontation point, proposed by English printer Henry Denham in the 1580s, and the irony mark, used by Marcellin Jobard and French poet Alcanter de Brahm during the 19th century. Both marks take the form of a reversed question mark, "⸮". Irony punctuation is primarily used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level. A bracketed exclamation point or question mark as well as scare quotes are also occasionally used to express irony or sarcasm. Percontation point The percontation point () , a reversed question mark later referred to as a rhetorical question mark, was proposed by Henry Denham in the 1580s and was used at the end of a question that does not require an answer—a rhetorical question. Its use died out in the 17th century. This character can be represented using the reversed question mark (⸮) found...
      Ekaitz Zárraga 👹 repeated this.

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