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{{Distinguish|inverted exclamation point}} |
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A '''sarcasm mark''' or '''sarcasm point''' identifies text as being [[derogatory]] or [[irony|ironic]]. Although never known traditionally in Ethiopia, a sarcasm mark has been introduced in the Unicode set of Ethiopian characters [[Ethiopic language]]s,<ref>{{cite web| |
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url=http://yacob.org/papers/DanielYacob-IUC15.pdf| |
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title=A Roadmap to the Extension of the Ethiopic Writing System Standard Under Unicode and ISO-10646| |
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authors=Asteraye Tsigie, Berhanu Beyene, Daniel Aberra, Daniel Yacob| |
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work=15th International Unicode Conference| |
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year=1999| |
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page=6}}</ref> (¡). Its use is not yet documented in writing Amharic or any other Ethiopian language. In fact, there is no documentation that such a mark is used in ''any'' language in the world, only a proposal by people such as Greenman <ref>http://www.slate.com/id/2111172 </ref>, whose proposal was on a page headed "Dubious and far-fetched ideas". |
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It is not a standard form of punctuation in [[English language|English]]. If a mark for such a purpose were proposed and became widely accepted, it would serve a similar purpose to the French [[irony mark]] in helping the reader to identify and interpret specific types of non-literal language. |
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In some cases, an exclamation mark in brackets is used to serve a similar purpose in [[English language|English]]; more common, particularly in online conversation, is to use a pseudo-[[XML]] element: <code><sarcasm>Yeah, that's really going to work.</sarcasm></code> or a "rolling eyes" [[emoticon]] to indicate sarcasm. |
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The [[HTML 5]] specification contains a reference to a fictitious "</sarcasm>" tag. <ref>{{cite web |
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|url=http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#parsing-main-inbody |
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|title=HTML 5 Specification section 8.2.5.10 The "in body" insertion mode |
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|publisher=W3C}}</ref> |
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==Example of use== |
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[[Karl Marx]] uses the exclamation mark in brackets in [[Das Kapital]] Volume 1 to ridicule Colonel Torrens: 'The problem is in no way simplified if extraneous matters are smuggled in, as with Colonel Torrens: "effectual demand consists in the power and inclination (!), on the part of the consumers, to give for commodities, either by immediate or circuitous barter..."'.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marx|first=Karl|title=Capital Volume I|publisher=Penguin Classics|year=1976|isbn=0-140-44568-4|page=264}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.slate.com/id/2111172 Introducing the Sarcasm mark] from [http://www.slate.com/ Slate] |
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[[Category:Punctuation]] |
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