Interrobang


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25 responses to “Interrobang”

  1. CMStewart avatar

    How did people communicate effectively before interrobangs‽ And why aren’t interrobangs used more today‽ Can you tell it’s my favorite punctuation mark‽

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    1. Tom avatar

      I think we should start a movement, CM! I’ve only just learned how to use one on a mobilius phone‽

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  2. Eugenia avatar

    I love it‽

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    1. Tom avatar

      It’s a fun punctuation, Eugenia! 🙂

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  3. […] learned something new the other day compliments of one of my fellow bloggers, Tom at The Mansionic Perspective. The punctuation mark ‽ is an Interrobang. Definition […]

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  4. Stine Writing and Miniatures avatar

    How do you do it? I always just alternate ?!?!?!?!

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    1. Tom avatar

      On the mobile phone it’s easy… you just hold the question mark button for a couple of seconds and you get the option for the interrobang and the upside down question mark (don’t know what that one’s called! 🤣)
      On a computer, I believe, you hold down the ALT key whilst typing 8253… although I haven’t tried this on a computer.
      The sad thing is, the interrobang isn’t always visible on the mobile, it’s replaced either by an X or an empty rectangle. I get the feeling not everyone wants us to use this particular type of punctuation mark!

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      1. Stine Writing and Miniatures avatar

        Well, on my computer I did find the degrees symbol for temperature and the “…”

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        1. Tom avatar

          ‽ Alt+8253 didn’t work in this comment box, so I’ve copied and pasted one. That’ll probably not work either‽

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          1. Tom avatar

            Well, what do I know‽ It worked!

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            1. Tom avatar

              That worked here!

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          2. Stine Writing and Miniatures avatar

            Copy and paste worked! Now I just need a way to save it

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            1. Tom avatar

              I can’t help you there… unless you call by to this post every time you want to use one and copy it from here! 🤣😊

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  5. europasicewolf avatar

    This is a great character! Never heard of it before but how useful. Haven’ttried it yet, but this is what chrome says about usung it on a PC/laptop: “Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+/ writes an interrobang character. Toolbar button displays window of characters to choose.”

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    1. Tom avatar

      It doesn’t work in this reply box, Icewolf… and neither does the official CTRL+8253, but pasting the symbol in seems to work! ‽

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      1. europasicewolf avatar

        It would work just fine if it could be created in the 1st place Tom!😀

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        1. Tom avatar

          It appears my mobile browser doesn’t like it. It prefers a rectangle instead! 🔳🙄

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          1. europasicewolf avatar

            Familiar sight that is 🫣 The dreaded rectangle of doom! 😏

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            1. Tom avatar

              Again, blame the Dropped Apostrophe! 🙂

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  6. europasicewolf avatar

    Excuse the typos!!

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    1. Tom avatar

      Thanks for the heads up, Icewolf— although I never spotted any! 😀

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  7. europasicewolf avatar

    Of hourse you didn’t Tom!😊

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    1. Tom avatar

      🤣 Hehehe!

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