ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down11
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-22 days 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-squareBadabinski@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoThe noble interrobang will one day shine like the star it is.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days 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-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days 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-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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.”