TIL that symbols to denote irony or sarcasm in print have been around since at least the 1500s
TIL that symbols to denote irony or sarcasm in print have been around since at least the 1500s
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Irony punctuation - Wikipedia
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Another method of expressing sarcasm is by placing a tilde () adjacent to the punctuation. This allows for easy use with any keyboard, as well as variation. Variations include dry sarcasm (.)
TIL - Iām an engineer & when I email colleagues, I will use ~ in a sentence to mean āaboutā - as in estimate, roughly, not quite equal to but close enough, etc.
Granted, the symbol is in a different place to denote sarcasm, but now Iām wondering how popular the usage of ~ is in the context of sarcasm, and have I ever confused someone because they only knew this context?
Interesting.
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~ to mean around/about is very common. You're fine :)
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~ is already used in some instances in place of a period to denote cute and/or flirty.
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I guess I've been unintentionally sarcastic ~5 times then
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Most of the time I use /s or :) to highlight a contradiction between utterance and meaning. Never for caustic speech; if it needs to be marked, it's pointless.
Not a big fan of tilde. I use it for a bunch of stuff already, like approximation (20 = around 20; 2030 = some quantity between 20 and 30) and drawn out speech (longcat is long~). The later is a weabooism, I know.
I'd be fine with any of those new graphemes in the text, if they caught on.
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This is actually fascinating. Good bot!
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I like the idea of the reverse question mark.
Āæ I only have an upside down question mark in my phone characters though.
Well who thought that was a good idea Āæ
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Ha, where do you find such talentsāø®
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I'll start using someĀ”
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I like the sarcasticies.
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I'm a fan of Sartalics - in concept. However, instead of it being a format, like italics or bold, it's a copyright-protected font that some jackass charges for.
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Å” ...I vote the smiley S.
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Oh really nowāø®
I like the snark mark! Snark is approximately equal to honesty, so really, is there a difference?~
Also I like how it's basically a little wink. Ov~