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title: On Punctuation
date: 2025-11-20
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Many punctuation marks have names other than "<function> sign/symbol". Here are some that I know:

- `!`: bang
- `‽` (or any combination of `?` and `!`): interrobang
- `#!`: shebang
- `#`: octothorpe
- `~`: tilde
- `\``: backtick
- `/`: solidus
- `\`: reverse solidus
- `[]`: brackets
- `{}`: braces
- `...`: ellipse
- `|`: pipe
- `&`: ampersand
- `¶`: pilcrow
- `:—`: dog's bollocks
- `-`: hyphen
- `–`: en dash
- `—`: em dash

