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The exclamation mark was introduced into English printing during this time to show emphasis. [10] It was later called by many names, including point of admiration (1611), [11] [a] note of exclamation or admiration (1657), [12] sign of admiration or exclamation, [13] exclamation point (1824), [14] and finally, exclamation mark (1839). [15]
Ditto mark: Quotation mark: ÷: Division sign: Slash (Solidus) (/), Obelus Dotted circle (Used as a generic placeholder when describing diacritics) Combining Diacritical Marks ⹀ ⸗ Double hyphen: Almost equal to … Ellipsis = Equals sign ℮ Estimated sign! Exclamation mark: Inverted exclamation mark, Interrobang: ª: Feminine ordinal ...
Outside of the Spanish-speaking world, John Wilkins proposed using the upside-down exclamation mark "¡" as a symbol at the end of a sentence to denote irony in 1668. He was one of many, including Desiderius Erasmus , who felt there was a need for such a punctuation mark, but Wilkins' proposal, like the other attempts, failed to take hold.
The interrobang (/ ɪ n ˈ t ɛr ə b æ ŋ /), [1] also known as the interabang [2] ‽ (often represented by any of the following: ?!, !?, ?!?,?!!, !?? or !?!), is an unconventional punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also known as the interrogative point) [3] and the exclamation mark (also known in the jargon of printers and programmers as a "bang").
TIBETAN MARK TRAILING MCHAN RTAGS U+0FDA: Po, other Tibetan ⵰ TIFINAGH SEPARATOR MARK U+2D70: Po, other Tifinagh ᓆ TIRHUTA ABBREVIATION SIGN U+114C6: Po, other Tirhuta Ο UGARITIC WORD DIVIDER U+1039F: Po, other Ugaritic ꘍ VAI COMMA U+A60D: Po, other Vai ꘎ VAI FULL STOP U+A60E: Po, other Vai ꘏ VAI QUESTION MARK U+A60F: Po, other Vai ...
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Shaded cells mark small capitals that are not very distinct from minuscules, and Greek letters that are indistinguishable from Latin, and so would not be expected to be supported by Unicode. Little punctuation is encoded. Parentheses are shown above in the basic block above, and the exclamation mark ꜝ is shown
Modifier Letter Yin Departing Tone Mark U+02EB ˫ 747 Modifier Letter Yang Departing Tone Mark U+02EC ˬ 748 Modifier Letter Voicing U+02ED ˭ 749 Modifier Letter Unaspirated U+02EE ˮ 750 Modifier Letter Double Apostrophe: 0370 for Nenets: U+02EF ˯ 751 Modifier Letter Low Down Arrowhead · U+02F0 ˰ 752 Modifier Letter Low Up Arrowhead U+02F1 ...