Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1333arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square287fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up88arrow-down3·4 days 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-up58·4 days 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-up12·4 days agoHey, it’s me, your suspect. I’ve got more info, step it up with the interrobanging, will ya?
minus-squarelattrommi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 days 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-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up34·4 days 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-up5·4 days 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 days agoEh the context determines the need for proper grammar. Throwaway comments on Lemmy- fuck the grammar
minus-squarealexc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 days agoOnly if you agree to stop calling them Hashtags and use their more-correct name of Octothorpes
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days ago“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes” Lol I love it
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoI made AltGr + / type an interrobang so I’d always have access to it
minus-squarePaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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.
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
You mean pound?
“Press 1 to continue followed by the Octothorpes”
Lol I love it
The singular is octothorpe.
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.