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See also: Appendix:Variations of "?"
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Translingual
[edit]
Description
[edit]The interrobang: a vertical line integrated with the curved stroke of a question mark, with a separated dot at the bottom.
Etymology
[edit]A superimposition of ! (“denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realisations”) + ? (“marks the preceding sentence as a question”); see ?! and !?. Invented by advertising agent and typographer Martin K. Speckter in April 1962 for use by copywriters.[1][2][3]
Punctuation mark
[edit]‽ (English name interrobang)
Usage notes
[edit]- Also known less commonly in English as the interabang and exclamation question mark.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
- curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
- square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
- colon ( : )
- comma ( , )
- dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
- ellipsis ( … )
- exclamation mark ( ! )
- fraction slash ( ⁄ )
- guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
- hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
- interpunct ( · )
- interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
- brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
- full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
- question mark ( ? )
- quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
- quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
- semicolon ( ; )
- slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
- space ( ] [ )
References
[edit]- ^ Martin K. Spekter (1962 April) “Making a New Point, or, How About That …”, in TYPEtalks
- ^ Keith Houston (2013 September 24) Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, & Other Typographical Marks, W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 20
- ^ “Orbituary: Martin K. Speckter, 73, Creator of Interrobang”, in The New York Times[1], 1988 February 16