TIL Spanish is the only language that uses inverted question mark (¿) and exclamation mark (¡)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upside-down_question_and_exclamation_marks
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Is it like that because writing direction is different or is it a separate punctuation mark having a different meaning?
@m0xee @todayilearned can’t tell you I don’t speak or write arabic
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OMG, it's both!
On Arabic keyboard it's reversed for the writing direction's sake, but there is a separate punctuation mark having a different meaning — rhetorical question:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation#Percontation_point
TIL indeed! 🤣
That actually sounds useful.
