I am a writer. I write for this blog, I write for my classes, I write for leisure, I write when I am bored, and I even write when my mom calls me telling me I need to pay my $120 cell phone bill (I hate you Verizon).
Anyways...
Very commonly when I am writing I have the desire to express a question in an excited or surprised manor. Of course with the current shortcomings of the English language that is impossible. So when I write "why is Verizon ripping me off", you do not know if I am yelling or just politely asking.
I am not the only one who has noticed this. In 1962 Martin K. Speckter invented the interrobang, and it looks like this: ‽ Some people may know it as !?. The interrobang allows you to state a question in an excited manor, express excitement in the form of a question, or make a rhetorical question. Unfortunately, the interrobang is still not considered an official punctuation mark.
So what can we do? We can all fight for our right to use the interrobang. Talk to you English professor and let them know that when you wrote, "romeo oh romeo where for art thou romeo", you meant it!
[Wikipedia]
Cheers!
The College Kids
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