Post #2592808
2026-04-04 10:19 UTC
@shadychars@mastodon.social I wonder if one of the reasons the interrobang didn’t gain mass adoption could be that there’s a semantic difference between “!?” and “?!”, with the first glyph being the introduction and the last one the primary meaning, and ‽ squashes these two utterances into a generic average that’s equal parts surprise and incredulity, which may be seldom what one’s looking to express.
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@shadychars@mastodon.social 2026-04-04 11:06
@acb@mastodon.social Possibly! Although I think it may be simpler - for a long time it wasn't possible to print it except in a single typeface.