GeoGriffin

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Feb 14	answered	“Enervate” and “intimidate”
Feb 14	comment	Is there an alternative, one-word name for the question mark? @tchrist A lot of the marks that you refer to are "glottal stops". While these share some physical characteristics with a question mark, they are functionally nothing like question marks. Glottal stops are a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. and not punctuation marks like those that are listed.
Feb 14	comment	Is there an alternative, one-word name for the question mark? "Hook" jumped to mind as something I may have heard/imagined, but I couldn't find any other reference to it. As a programmer, I've used "bang" for "!" and "pound", "sharp", or "hash" for "#", but I've never used "hook" for "?".
Feb 14	answered	Is there an alternative, one-word name for the question mark?
Feb 12	awarded	Supporter
Feb 12	answered	“More than (what) meets the eye”
Feb 11	answered	What is the category name for words like notwithstanding, forthwith, etc…?
Feb 8	awarded	Teacher
Feb 8	awarded	Editor
Feb 8	revised	It's so cold that if it rains it'll snow added 105 characters in body
Feb 8	comment	It's so cold that if it rains it'll snow Maybe a pretentious meteorologist would use that sentence... or perhaps: `It's so cold that, if the conditions are right for precipitation, it'll snow.`
Feb 8	answered	It's so cold that if it rains it'll snow