Re: Conpunct

Nik Taylor scripsit:

> The exlamation mark (!) comes from "lo", with the "l" on top of the "o",
That's "io" or "IO", not "lo".  "Io" is the latin joy attitudinal.

> and the question mark (?) comes, IINM, from Latin "quo", think of a
> distorted "q" on top of an "o".
I've heard these theories as well, but I suspect the view that the
dot in "!" and "?" is just what it appears to be, a period,
is more plausible.  OTOH the notion that the upper part of "?"
is a modified Q seems reasonable.

--
John Cowan      http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
        You tollerday donsk?  N.  You tolkatiff scowegian?  Nn.
        You spigotty anglease?  Nnn.  You phonio saxo?  Nnnn.
                Clear all so!  'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)