Four unusual punctuation marks
Oct 3, 2013 3:39:33 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 3:39:33 GMT -5
Good morning to you all! I trust that all is well with all of you today! Writing in the FT, Keith Houston reports that punctuation is not the sort of subject that readily gets the juices flowing, but for every staid comma or colon there’s a flamboyant asterisk or dagger itching for its time in the sun. Here are four scandalously overlooked typographic outliers: the pilcrow (¶), the ampersand (&), the at-symbol (@) and the interrobang (‽).
FT - The List: Keith Houston on four unusual punctuation marks
I sometimes use the ampersand (&) and the at-symbol (@), particularly online, it is part of my email address, for example, but never the the pilcrow (¶) nor the interrobang (‽). Amongst other punctuation marks, I also rather like using the semi-colon (
. How about you?
A panda walks into a café. She orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
"Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over her shoulder.
"Well, I'm a panda," she says. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
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Wikipedia - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
FT - The List: Keith Houston on four unusual punctuation marks
I sometimes use the ampersand (&) and the at-symbol (@), particularly online, it is part of my email address, for example, but never the the pilcrow (¶) nor the interrobang (‽). Amongst other punctuation marks, I also rather like using the semi-colon (
. How about you?A panda walks into a café. She orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
"Why?" asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over her shoulder.
"Well, I'm a panda," she says. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
Wikipedia - Eats, Shoots & Leaves
