Irony punctuation

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Irony punctuation is any form of notation proposed or used to denote verbal irony in written text. Due to the common co-occurrence or conflation of irony with sarcasm, at least some of these are sarcasm punctuation. Written text, in English and other languages, lacks a standard way to mark irony, and several forms of punctuation have been proposed to fill the gap. Specific irony marks have been proposed (sometimes as jokes, sometimes seriously), such as in the form of an open upward arrow (), used by Marcellin Jobard in the 19th century, and in a form resembling a reversed question mark (), proposed by French poet Alcanter de Brahm during the 19th century. Irony punctuation is primarily used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level. A bracketed exclamation point or question mark as well as scare quotes are also occasionally used to express irony or sarcasm.

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