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dinkum commented on the word percontation point
WORD: percontation point
DEFINITION: 'A reverse question mark invented by the sixteenth-century printer Henry Denham to indicate a rhetorical question.' --- Times Literary Supplement.
EXAMPLE (1): ' From the Times Literary Supplement, Sept. 30:
' Houston's book is filled with passion, whether its author is decrying the neglect of the noble pilcrow, or the sad fate of the<b> percontation point</b>, a reverse question mark invented by the sixteenth-century printer Henry Denham to indicate a rhetorical question. '
--- Reprinted in the Wall Street Journal. "Notable & Quotable." October 28, 2013. (Page A15).
EXAMPLE (2, 3, etc): For more examples, see main entry for "percontation"
October 30, 2013
ry commented on the word percontation point
Also known as irony mark or, sometimes, snark.
Can be approximated in some unicode fonts using the Arabic question mark, ؟
November 5, 2013