Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square286fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1343arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square286fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93arrow-down3·3 months agoInterrobang. It’s this thing: ‽ More people should use the symbol because it looks cool and has a badass name, so for that you need to know what it’s called. Who’s with me‽
minus-squareDrSleepless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·3 months agoInterrobang sounds like something from a porno about police work. “Did you question the suspect?” “Yeah, Chief, we interrobanged him and got the info.”
minus-squareThassodar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 months agoHey, it’s me, your suspect. I’ve got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
minus-squarelattrommi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoQuestioning a bang. My quick and dirty interrobang with her revealed to me how empty inside I was, unlike the outhouse we were in.
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoOr a fully themed, punctuation inspire flick. Named “character” to let you fill in the blanks. Char 1: Well what do you think Mark? Char 2: Are you sure she can handle it, Point? Char 1: Its time we’ve shown Char 2: our true power… Together: As Interrobang! Char 3: No wait, I’ve got my per… … OK it needs to be reworked, but you get the idea.
minus-squareBob@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoIs it still pornographic? “Detective, dash over here and interpunct my colon”, “don’t full stop, I’m about to comma”, etc, etc.
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWell yeah, that’s half the fun
minus-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up37·3 months agoWhile I like the concept, I can’t help but prefer ‘!?’ or ‘?!’. There’s more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoYeah, but you aren’t proper if you’re using more than one piece of punctuation at the end of your sentence. Them’s the rules. Unless…
minus-squareMutilationWave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoEh the context determines the need for proper grammar. Throwaway comments on Lemmy- fuck the grammar
minus-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·3 months agoOnly if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·3 months ago“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes” Lol I love it
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoI made AltGr + / type an interrobang so I’d always have access to it
minus-squarePaupersSerenadelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI set up an auto replace on my phone so when I type ?! It’ll switch it to ‽ for me.
Interrobang.
It’s this thing: ‽
More people should use the symbol because it looks cool and has a badass name, so for that you need to know what it’s called.
Who’s with me‽
Interrobang sounds like something from a porno about police work.
“Did you question the suspect?”
“Yeah, Chief, we interrobanged him and got the info.”
Hey, it’s me, your suspect. I’ve got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
Questioning a bang.
My quick and dirty interrobang with her revealed to me how empty inside I was, unlike the outhouse we were in.
Or a fully themed, punctuation inspire flick. Named “character” to let you fill in the blanks.
Char 1: Well what do you think Mark?
Char 2: Are you sure she can handle it, Point?
Char 1: Its time we’ve shown
Char 2: our true power…
Together: As Interrobang!
Char 3: No wait, I’ve got my per…
… OK it needs to be reworked, but you get the idea.
Is it still pornographic? “Detective, dash over here and interpunct my colon”, “don’t full stop, I’m about to comma”, etc, etc.
Well yeah, that’s half the fun
While I like the concept, I can’t help but prefer ‘!?’ or ‘?!’. There’s more granularity of meaning, and I think it just looks nicer having two or more separate characters.
Yeah, but you aren’t proper if you’re using more than one piece of punctuation at the end of your sentence. Them’s the rules.
Unless…
Eh the context determines the need for proper grammar. Throwaway comments on Lemmy- fuck the grammar
Only if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes”
Lol I love it
The singular is octothorpe.
You mean pound?
I made
AltGr + /type an interrobang so I’d always have access to itHow do I start?
I set up an auto replace on my phone so when I type ?! It’ll switch it to ‽ for me.