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Finally! A Sarcasm-Specific Punctuation Mark

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By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff | Suggested by jakechristie

Posted Jan 19, 2010 12:36 PM CST

(Newser) – Sarcastic people around the world, rejoice—a father-son team has finally developed a punctuation mark purpose-built to make sarcasm clear in written and electronic communication. “Questions have the question mark, exclamations have the exclamation point,” reasons the elder creator. The SarcMark is “... Read full story »

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