I agree. However, I've repeatedly run into the problem here on Tildes that people are unable to recognise non-literal writing. It would be handy in that context to have a literal sign to...
I agree. However, I've repeatedly run into the problem here on Tildes that people are unable to recognise non-literal writing. It would be handy in that context to have a literal sign to demonstrate rhetoric.
I think it'd depend at least a little on how easy it is to create. For example, !? is 3 button presses/taps. I don't even know how to get an interrobang on this phone without copy/pasting. Linux I...
I think it'd depend at least a little on how easy it is to create. For example, !? is 3 button presses/taps. I don't even know how to get an interrobang on this phone without copy/pasting. Linux I could do Compose+?+! probably but on Windows and macOS, again, not a clue.
I'll answer by paraphrasing a comment I made before: Ancient Greece: manuscripts will make you lazy 15th century: printing will make you lazy 19th century: film and photograph will make you lazy...
I think that would just encourage laziness in the usage of rhetorical questions. Imo they should be made obvious enough by proper structuring and phrasing.
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.” ― Kurt...
“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
I don't know... These days, with text communication proliferating due to the internet, I think a rhetorical question mark would be handy.
I agree. However, I've repeatedly run into the problem here on Tildes that people are unable to recognise non-literal writing. It would be handy in that context to have a literal sign to demonstrate rhetoric.
I think it'd depend at least a little on how easy it is to create. For example, !? is 3 button presses/taps. I don't even know how to get an interrobang on this phone without copy/pasting. Linux I could do Compose+?+! probably but on Windows and macOS, again, not a clue.
I'll answer by paraphrasing a comment I made before:
Whatever that symbol is, it's not rendering in my browser.
Maybe English could repurpose Spanish's upside down question mark. That's probably more widely supported anyway.
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“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.”
― Kurt Vonnegut