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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by 3131s on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:05PM (#15438995)
The interrobang is real, but that's the only one I think.
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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by justhackedme on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:09PM (#15439014)
It's not real. The symbol might be attributed some meaning, but it's not real punctuation and definitely shouldn't be.
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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by colechristensen on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:23PM (#15439066)
Define "real"
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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by xelxebar on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:53AM (#15442266)
Wow. It didn't take long to go from punctuation to philosophy.
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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by dragonwriter on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:49PM (#15439182)
It's been in use for about a half century; it's typically described as “nonstandard”, though given the absence of a standards body for English it's not clear what that means.

It's definitely “real” in the sense of being in actual use in the wild with a clear and well-understood meaning.

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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by 482794793792894 on Monday October 09, 2017 @11:31PM (#15439102)
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Re:A collection of non-standard punctuation marks by boondaburrah on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @12:13AM (#15439288)
People use it; it's real.
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