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A collection of non-standard punctuation marks

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Re: A collection of non-standard punctuation marks

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post #4

Try covering up the names of these while guessing what each is supposed to symbolize. Personally, I found some of these to be rather unintuitive and sometimes arbitrary.

They're not real. It's a joke.

Real or not the Sarcmarc would help sooo much.

Re: A collection of non-standard punctuation marks

#17
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The interrobang is real, but that's the only one I think.

It's not real. The symbol might be attributed some meaning, but it's not real punctuation and definitely shouldn't be.

Define "real"

Re: A collection of non-standard punctuation marks

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post #7
post #2

What can this do that emojis can't?

I can't think of a corresponding emoji for many of these, like sarcasm, certitude, snark (maybe the one with its tongue sticking out?), doubt, irony, etc.

It's not an emoji, but as a similar sentence-ending mark, you often see /s used to indicate sarcasm. Similarly, "Kappa" may not be very popular outside a certain subculture, but it's very recognizable as snark at Twitch and adjacent communities.

Re: A collection of non-standard punctuation marks

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post #7
post #2

What can this do that emojis can't?

I can't think of a corresponding emoji for many of these, like sarcasm, certitude, snark (maybe the one with its tongue sticking out?), doubt, irony, etc.

We are lacking emoji for many important emotions, but IMO we should fix that by adding emoji. I think emoji are much more aligned with natural modes of human expression than punctuation marks are.
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