georgetakei ,
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We should bring some of these back.

cabbey ,
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@georgetakei who says we stopped‽ ;)

nazokiyoubinbou ,
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@georgetakei A few of these have definite value, but I would argue that in particular interrobang is actually something we specifically need. It's basically used a lot in writing but has to come out messy with multiple punctuation marks together (which looks unprofessional and wrong.)

leebennett ,
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@georgetakei I’ve been on a personal mission to keep the interrobang alive. Dead punctuation‽ I think not!

zephi Bot ,
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@georgetakei why are half of these not in unicode

TimMaddog ,
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@georgetakei
⸘BACK‽

drahardja ,
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@georgetakei I think we need a Sarcasm mark, especially on the internet. I propose we reuse the combining tilde mark, because it looks like a smirk.

You look really good today, Jenny!̃

Sure, that’ll work.̃

Of course I like you, why do you ask?̃

spidermedic ,
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@georgetakei No thanks, I still haven’t figured out semicolons.

Einhjeriar ,
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@georgetakei Some of these are also harder to read. I can understand why they're gone and we just use multiple punctuation marks instead to express ourselves.

I_am_elena ,
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@georgetakei Doubt is my favourite. Just because it looks like a Z, and it clicks in my head with the German Zweifel, which means doubt. Perfection. 😄

maxalmonte14 ,
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aardvark ,
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@georgetakei why‽

m_berberich ,
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@georgetakei

at least ‽ is unicode U+203D

LemonSky1970 ,
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@georgetakei

I'm a secretary and I have coworkers who confuse colons with semi-colons and periods with commas. I can just image what would happen with these. I love interrobang, though 😸

jeffmarkel ,
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@georgetakei The “rhetorical question” one is alive and well - questions in Spanish start with one and end with “?”
And the interrobang never died - it is, in fact, not very old (50-ish years) and I use it whenever it’s called for ‽‽‽

Toadman628 ,
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@georgetakei Wow, just ask which typewriter that is on? Along with dictation taken in shorthand.

piquant00 ,
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@georgetakei

"Friendly" period? I didn't realize the usual one was unfriendly.

theogrin ,
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@georgetakei

You mean people aren't still using the interrobang regularly‽

georgetakei OP ,
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@theogrin I know I am!

jeffc ,
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@georgetakei I don't know, I always used to confuse the friendly period with the happy cyclops emoticon.

georgetakei OP ,
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@jeffc Happens to the best of us.

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