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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
Every time (literally 100% of the time) I get an password with a ! in it I tell the person on the phone "exclamation mark" and they read it back to me "exclamation point" -_- Not following my leadership at all. Being a semi-grammar nazi, I need to know which one it is. Poll: Is it an exclamation mark or an exclamation point? (Vote): Exclamation mark (Vote): Exclamation point   | ||
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Dead9
United States4725 Posts
Both! | ||
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
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Pokebunny
United States10654 Posts
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micronesia
United States24761 Posts
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Seraphim
United States4467 Posts
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conCentrate9
United States438 Posts
I think I say point more often, but I have no way of telling except now I'll make note of which one I use. hah. | ||
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Straylight
Canada706 Posts
On November 14 2008 10:54 micronesia wrote: Interchangeable! Fixed! | ||
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renegade_zerg
Korea (South)525 Posts
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IntoTheWow
is awesome32277 Posts
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paper
13196 Posts
no one says question point | ||
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micronesia
United States24761 Posts
On November 14 2008 11:06 paper wrote: exclamation mark : exclamation point :: question mark : question point no one says question point Lol is this serious or a joke... | ||
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Frits
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bluemanrocks
United States304 Posts
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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thunk
United States6233 Posts
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
Or "bang" :p | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
Never heard a single person in my life say exclamation point... | ||
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Straylight
Canada706 Posts
On November 14 2008 11:06 paper wrote: exclamation mark : exclamation point :: question mark : question point no one says question point What kind of logic is this? | ||
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
That's the exact same logic I had. It's all about consistency. Question mark, exclamation mark, dark mark, etc. | ||
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prOxi.swAMi
Australia3091 Posts
On November 14 2008 11:41 Grobyc wrote: Exclamation mark Never heard a single person in my life say exclamation point... same here | ||
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qrs
United States3637 Posts
On November 14 2008 11:56 Newbistic wrote: That comparison could easily point the other way: i.e. that exclamation point was the original, and people like you began using exclamation mark by analogy with question mark. But why speculate: let's check the sources:That's the exact same logic I had. It's all about consistency. Question mark, exclamation mark, dark mark, etc. OEDILF lists both "exclamation mark" and "exclamation point", as well as "bang". The original OED indicates that the original word for ! was "point of exclamation", "note of exclamation", or simply "exclamation". Both "exclamation mark" and "exclamation point" were originally U.S. usages, although now they have spread. OED cites 1864 Webster's Dictionary with "exclamation point". It has an 1896 citation for "mark of exclamation". Its first citation for "exclamation mark" is from 1926, from Fowler's Modern English Usage, no less. | ||
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anderoo
Canada1876 Posts
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ChaoSbringer
Australia1382 Posts
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ShmotZ
United States581 Posts
I was taught in school that its called Exclamation mark, but i hear point more then mark so i just picked it up as point. | ||
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ATeddyBear
Canada2843 Posts
Question mark | ||
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LeperKahn
Romania1848 Posts
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ulszz
Jamaica1787 Posts
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Archaic
United States4024 Posts
I thought you were trying to yell Wikipedia's main page at me... /bad joke I have heard both, but I personally prefer mark. | ||
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
However, in a stunning turn of events, the wikipedia talk page offers "dog's cock", which I think should take precedence over both of the above terms. Poll: Best term for ! (Vote): Exclamation point (Vote): Exclamation mark (Vote): Bang (Vote): Dog's cock | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
the defence rests | ||
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paper
13196 Posts
On November 14 2008 12:07 qrs wrote: That comparison could easily point the other way: i.e. that exclamation point was the original, and people like you began using exclamation mark by analogy with question mark. But why speculate: let's check the sources: if exclamation mark, exclamation point, and question mark are frequently used, but not question point, how does it point the other way? lol | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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skyglow1
New Zealand3962 Posts
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SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
China685 Posts
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
On November 14 2008 17:00 SiegeTanksandBlueGoo wrote: You say Po-ta-to, I saw Po-ta-toe. KILL YOURSELF | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6641 Posts
On November 14 2008 11:41 Grobyc wrote: Exclamation mark Never heard a single person in my life say exclamation point... | ||
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cujo2k
Canada1044 Posts
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SiegeTanksandBlueGoo
China685 Posts
If your thoughts were somewhat coherent, you would realize I was talking about how it doesn't matter because the difference is only what people think it is. I don't particularly fucking cared if some girl at my school just raped your heart. It doesn't mean you have to go on bitching about it. We care so much. It was last august for god sakes. Grow up. edit: spelled cuss words wrong. =] | ||
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fight_or_flight
United States3988 Posts
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Tinithor
United States1552 Posts
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Daigomi
South Africa4316 Posts
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
first So at work part of my job is to randomly generate passwords for people ...+ Not following my leadership at all. ... what leadership? second why so pointless blog Might as well make a fakesteve Blog thread as well as his youtube video thread Jesus christ so many of them; at least with videos; most of the time it's fairly entertaining or amusing. | ||
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