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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Interrobang #110454 08/20/2003 12:19 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA The 18 August 2003 cover of TIME Magazine features a ghastly photograph of (Governor?) Arnold Schwarzenegger with the one-word caption: "Ahhnold!?" The 22 March 99 Word of the Day was "interrobang" meaning: "A punctuation mark used especially to end a simultaneous question and exclamation." One thinks that the ideal interrobang would feature both marks sharing a single dot ... but this one will do as an example. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Interrobang #110455 08/20/2003 12:43 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass http://www.interrobang-mks.com/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Interrobang #110456 08/20/2003 7:57 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Personally, I dislike the interrobang. It strikes me as being neither fish nor fowl. I like the idea of one, however, and I would suggest that a new punctuation mark designed specifically for the purpose would be a good idea. Of course, absolutely no one would use it, but, hey, why let reality get in the way? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Interrobang #110457 08/20/2003 8:00 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >neither fish nor fowl sort of like the rhetorical question then. <g> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Interrobang #110458 08/20/2003 8:03 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Isn't that a question that needs some serious begging? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,424 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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