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by BoxOfRain3 hours ago |
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upvoteby nticompass3 hours ago|
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I'm not really frustrated, but it is annoying that I had to migrate accounts and stuff, but whatever.

And yes, I love the interrobang! Ever since I mapped scroll lock to "compose" on my keyboard, I've had fun typing all sorts of characters :)

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upvoteby lutoma2 hours ago|
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I have an auto substitution set up in iOS to automatically replace ?! with ‽ (Same for ellipsis, ... to …)
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upvoteby oneeyedpigeon2 hours ago|
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And, presumably, "!?"?
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upvoteby Spivak3 hours ago|
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It's a neat little mark but I don't think it has much of a chance being widespread because I think ?! has already won in real usage and doesn't have the fine detail problem. I think it has a better chance of becoming an official grammatical digraph than the merged mark.
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upvoteby sillysaurusx3 hours ago|
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Is there an overlaid ?? and !! mark? (For Chess.)
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upvoteby zimpenfish13 minutes ago|
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There's DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK[0] and also DOUBLE QUESTION MARK[1] if those will do.

[0] https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/203c/index.htm

[1] https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2047/index.htm

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upvoteby adrian_b2 hours ago|
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Besides interrobang, Unicode includes all 4 possible sequences of 2 "?" and "!".

  203C;DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 0021 0021;;;;N;;;;;
  203D;INTERROBANG;Po;0;ON;;;;;N;;;;;
  2047;DOUBLE QUESTION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 003F 003F;;;;N;;;;;
  2048;QUESTION EXCLAMATION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 003F 0021;;;;N;;;;;
  2049;EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK;Po;0;ON;<compat> 0021 003F;;;;N;;;;;
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upvoteby reaperducer3 hours ago|
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I don't think it has much of a chance being widespread

I first heard of it back when Usenet was still the hotness.

Apparently it's been around for close to a century, so if it hasn't caught on widely by now, you're probably right.

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upvoteby ahnick30 minutes ago|
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> I first heard of it back when Usenet was still the hotness.

This is the first (and probably last) time that I will ever see the words "Usenet" and "hotness" in the same sentence.

Well done, sir.

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upvoteby saalweachter1 hours ago|
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It lost when computers overtook typewriters.

On a typewriter, you could type one punctuation mark, backspace, and then type another.

Even once computers added the interrobang to Unicode (or older systems), you either need to type in a numeric code, use a secret bucky bit, or select it from a graphical UI, none of which is worth it for more than the odd weirdo with a whimsical streak.

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