@ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 9 months agoWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down11
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minus-square@otacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•edit-29 months agoI’ve always liked § and ¶. I also don’t see people using ≈ and ~ in context enough. They’re fun to write. Edit: Almost forgot this guy, too: ‽
minus-squareBadabinskilinkfedilink8•9 months agoThe noble interrobang will one day shine like the star it is.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍linkfedilink4•9 months agoAre you kidding‽ I use it all the time! It’s even on my phone keyboard. Did you know that there’s even an inverted interrobang? ⸘ I don’t know why, but it exists.
minus-squareOfCourseNotlinkfedilink5•9 months agoSpanish has opening question and exclamation marks, you would put this inverted interrobang at the beginning of your questclanation as in ‘⸘Por qué no los dos‽’.
minus-square@sem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink2•9 months agoI like the equals sign with three lines to mean “x is defined to be y.” I’m not sure if a ≈ with three lines already has a meaning, but if it doesn’t, maybe it should mean “x is defined as similar to y.”
I’ve always liked § and ¶. I also don’t see people using ≈ and ~ in context enough. They’re fun to write.
Edit: Almost forgot this guy, too: ‽
The noble interrobang will one day shine like the star it is.
Are you kidding‽ I use it all the time! It’s even on my phone keyboard.
Did you know that there’s even an inverted interrobang? ⸘ I don’t know why, but it exists.
Spanish has opening question and exclamation marks, you would put this inverted interrobang at the beginning of your questclanation as in ‘⸘Por qué no los dos‽’.
I like the equals sign with three lines to mean “x is defined to be y.”
I’m not sure if a ≈ with three lines already has a meaning, but if it doesn’t, maybe it should mean “x is defined as similar to y.”