Re: Company creates sarcasm punctuation

From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Wed Jan 13 2010 - 12:44:24 CST

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    On Jan 13, 2010, at 10:28 AM, Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

    > http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/01/12/Company-creates-sarcasm-punctuation/UPI-55751263324278/?usesarctags
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    > If I recall correctly, has there not already been at least one proposed "sarcasm punctuation"? See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark
    >
    > Are these people muscling in on Unicode territory by inventing their own punctuation? Do we need to lean on 'em a little...?
    >

    I think what you meant to write was: Are these people muscling in on Unicode territory by inventing their own punctuation⸮ Do we need to lean on ’em a little…⸮

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_question_mark#Rhetorical_question_mark

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    John H. Jenkins
    jenkins@apple.com



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