Re: Conpunct

John Cowan :

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.
>
I learned at school :

! = I ('interjection') + .
? = Q ('question') + .

Mathias

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