I actually just saw this on Qi, too.Lethal Interjection wrote:This is probably the best one I've seen. The '^' actually gives a pretty good textual representation of the idea of sarcasm. Or at least overt sarcasm.MrEntity wrote:It may interest you to know that sarcasm in English already had a punctuation mark. I can't remember what it was called, but you were supposed to either bracket phrases or accent specific words with ^, ie: Yeah, I ^really^ enjoyed that show.
It was popular for a while, but didn't catch on forever. Much like the interrobang...
[2012-Jan-14] Punctuation marks
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There's an elephant in the room.
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Oh geez, how will we ever squeeze the giraffe in, then?
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ol qwerty bastard wrote:bitcoin is backed by math, and math is intrinsically perfect and logically consistent always
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Cram it into the refrigerator.
Make sure you take the butter out first, we wouldn't want hoofprints in it too.
Make sure you take the butter out first, we wouldn't want hoofprints in it too.
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Speak for yourself.
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