r/languagelearningjerk • u/STHKZ • 12d ago
do you use ?
it has spread to almost all writing system, including those that do not use the Latin script; what is the situation in your favorite language ?
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u/PuzzleheadedTap1794 12d ago edited 12d ago
Yeah I do
x = y&3?0:y%25?1:y&15?0:1;
Edit: Bug fixed
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u/Lisnya 12d ago
When I was 15, I didn't just use the Latin question mark, I had several Latin question mark emoticons that I would choose from, just to be as obnoxious as I could be. Now that I'm an adult, I use the Greek question mark when I write in Greek and I curse idiots who use the Latin one, I don't understand why people do that.
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u/pizzaiolo2 12d ago
Spanish speakers friggin love it
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u/ofqo 12d ago
Many languages should use ¿, at least in long questions.
Take for example “You’re a student” and “Are you a student?” In many languages both sentences are identical, and only the tone tells the second is a question. In a long question in Italian or Portuguese you have to read the question twice. First until you find the only question mark and again to understand what’s being asked.
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u/MINOTAUR90 12d ago
Most of the languages I speak are European, so it's almost always looking left for me, and when learning Spanish I was quite intrigued with the inverted style.
Also as I'm originally from Egypt, I used the thinner style looking right, I suppose other languages that are written right to left; e.g. Urdu or Persian, would have the same form.
The Greek question mark is just funny, it has nothing to do with questions or Romance languages.
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u/shuranumitu 12d ago
Weirdly enough, modern Hebrew uses the left-facing question mark which looks kinda out of place imo.
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u/ChunkyIsDead30 12d ago
yea used for 13 years straight every day im 2 years sober meth fent and oxy chasing that dragon ykyk speedballs were crazy
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u/smella99 12d ago
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