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Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:32:13 JST Today I learned

TIL Spanish is the only language that uses inverted question mark (¿) and exclamation mark (¡)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upside-down_question_and_exclamation_marks
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gs5cbq/til_spanish_is_the_only_language_that_uses/
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  Upside-down question and exclamation marks
  
  The upside-down (also inverted, turned or rotated) question mark ¿ and exclamation mark ¡ are punctuation marks used to begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences or clauses in Spanish and some languages that have cultural ties with Spain, such as Asturian and Waray. The initial marks are mirrored at the end of the sentence or clause by the ordinary question mark, ?, or exclamation mark, !. Upside-down marks are supported by various standards, including ISO-8859-1, Unicode, and HTML. They can be entered directly on keyboards designed for Spanish-speaking countries. Usage The upside-down question mark ¿ is written before the first letter of an interrogative sentence or clause to indicate that a question follows. It is a rotated form of the standard symbol "?" recognized by speakers of other languages written with the Latin script. A regular question mark is written at the...
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  GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:47:19 JST GNU Too
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  WTF is the backward question mark for?
  
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  lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:48:12 JST lainy
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  @gnu2 tbh no idea maybe for right to left Arabic
  
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  lainy (lain@lain.com)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:51:42 JST lainy
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  @m0xee @todayilearned can’t tell you I don’t speak or write arabic
  
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  m0xEE (m0xee@social.librem.one)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:51:43 JST m0xEE
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  Is it like that because writing direction is different or is it a separate punctuation mark having a different meaning?
  
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  m0xEE (m0xee@social.librem.one)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 05:57:05 JST m0xEE
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  OMG, it's both!
  On Arabic keyboard it's reversed for the writing direction's sake, but there is a separate punctuation mark having a different meaning — rhetorical question:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation#Percontation_point
  TIL indeed! 🤣
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    Irony punctuation
    
    Irony punctuation is any form of notation proposed or used to denote irony or sarcasm in written text. Written text, in English and other languages, lacks a standard way to mark irony, and several forms of punctuation have been proposed to fill the gap. The oldest is the percontation point in the form of a reversed question mark (⸮), proposed by English printer Henry Denham in the 1580s for marking rhetorical questions, which can be a form of irony. Specific irony marks have also been proposed, such as in the form of an open upward arrow (△|), used by Marcellin Jobard in the 19th century, and in a form resembling a reversed question mark (), proposed by French poet Alcanter de Brahm during the 19th century. Irony punctuation is primarily used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level. A bracketed exclamation point or question mark as well as scare quotes are also occasionally used to express irony or sarcasm...
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  GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 21:34:42 JST GNU Too
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  That actually sounds useful.
  
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