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New episode! It's okay to play with punctuation. Florence Hazrat tells us about the history of the marks we use, and who the heavy hitters were. @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social Book here: books.apple.com/us/book/on-t... Episode here: becauselanguage.com/148-on-the-m...

13/10/26, 8:58 am2 reposts7 likes

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Interesting subject! I wrote about it in my book 'Tot in de puntjes. Praktische leestekengids' (2022), more specific about the history of punctuation in the Dutch language. I also mentioned the interrobang, and why it wasn't successfull at the long term.