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title: On Punctuation
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date: 2025-11-20
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published: false
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tags: []
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---
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## Names for Punctuation Marks
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Many punctuation marks have names other than "<function> sign/symbol". Here are some that I know:
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- `!`: bang
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- `‽` (or any combination of `?` and `!`): interrobang
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- `#!`: shebang
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- `#`: octothorpe
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- `~`: tilde
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- `\``: backtick
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- `/`: solidus
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- `\`: reverse solidus
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- `[]`: brackets
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- `{}`: braces
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- `...`: ellipse
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- `|`: pipe
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- `&`: ampersand
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- `¶`: pilcrow
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- `:—`: dog's bollocks
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- `-`: hyphen
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- `–`: en dash
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- `—`: em dash
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## Nesting Punctuation
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