More Interrobang

For a very long time, my favorite form of punctuation was the semicolon (;). It is neat, concise, and easily joins two distinct but related thoughts together. It doesn’t have the connotations of a colon (:), which makes me think of colonoscopies. Semicolons are like wedding rings for a married couple or a long-term contract for a band with a records company.  Needless to say – I like them.

However, the semicolon has a challenger for my favorite punctuation: the interrobang (‽). 

The interrobang is the holy combination of the question mark and the exclamation mark. The interrobang replaces punctuation like “!?” and “?!”, and that’s about it. The interrobang is not as versatile as the semicolon, but with a name like “interrobang,” it’s hard not to like.

Additionally, interrobangs are connected in my mind with Cuil Theory. The real reason for this post and talking about interrobangs is really so I can talk about Cuil Theory some more. In the original post, someone might have mentioned an interrobang, or perhaps it was Coyote who made a comment about interrobangs sometime after our Cuil-Off.

I just checked the Wikipage for Cuil Theory, and indeed the interrobang is one way to represent Cuil. However, I was fully prepared to create a memory where they said that interrobangs were part of the Cuil Theory Style and Writing Guide. I was prepared to say that the interrobang is the preferred way to end all sentences having 3 Cuils or higher

I still choose the semicolon as my favorite form of punctuation, but the interrobang makes a close second. If however you find a chance to use an interrobang, don’t hesitate. Spread the interrobang!

I demand more interrobang