Failed punctuation

[Jeremy Osner]

In some African languages various punctuation marks represent different
vocal clicks.

Dan Schmidt wrote:
> 
>  LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU writes:
> 
> | Paul De Filippo notes:
> | "I always hoped the "interrobang" would catch on, a fusion
> | of exclamation point and question mark.  Also, consider the
> | Tibetan "terma", three dots arranged in a mini-pyramid,
> | signalling that text preceding is holy.  Should TRP use this!?"
> 
> Chess has all sorts of great punctuation - "!?" and "?!" have very
> specific meanings.  There are also lots of symbols that originated in
> the Informants, collections of annotated games that are published
> internationally and so use only symbols rather than language in the
> annotations.  For example, a hollow square means "the only non-losing
> move," some symbol (a triangle I think) means "with the intention of,"
> etc.
> 
> | That three-dot triangle is also a mathematical symbol whose use escapes
> | my decaffeinated brain just now.
> 
> Therefore.
> 
> --
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