Introducing Ambiguity

re: Introducing Ambiguity

jim — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 11:30:41 GMT

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Keff — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:33:58 GMT

Is it the american way of telling the world you are so dumb that you wouldnt laugh a joke if it hadn't a 'please, laugh' mark at the end? I dislike your modern, coll characters and I swear i will never use any other punctuation except for .?!

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George Liquor, American — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:52:59 GMT

Keff, could you punctuate your sentences with the ethnic slur mark please, i'm not sure i caught what you're trying to say.

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Rich — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:23:43 GMT

Ironically, I can only see the ambiguity mark causing confusion.

Please, stick to giving us decent fonts and not unnecessary new symbols.

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Ilya Birman, Russian — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:57:39 GMT

@George Liquor: +1 :-)

@Rich: +1 also.

I think smileys are enough for us to show our emotions within text when necessary.

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Matt — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 23:08:32 GMT

I think more useful would be a "perfectly serious" mark that conveys that something is a verifiable fact and the writer is not joking or ironic about it.

E.g. "Microsoft is known for ripping off famous type designers' fonts and putting new names on them%"

...where % is the proposed mark.

re: Introducing Ambiguity

Eggman — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:11:33 GMT

Start doing some real typography or drop the blog.

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david — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:35:17 GMT

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Dafin Aziz — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:47:35 GMT

wow now msdn blogs are getting spammed!^

I agree with Rich in that this symbol can cause confusion.

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Clay Winters — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:37:22 GMT

This symbol can cause confusion? Well, yes, I guess I agree, too. After all, it is an AMBIGUITY MARK. I tihnk it should be included immediately, the precise usage can be worked out at some unspecified point in the future. I think I will use it where I want to cause chaos, uncertainty, or irtritate anyone who thinks that punctuation should remain in stasis while language evolves.

Of course, if you want a boring application, it could be a nice placeholder for a pending citation in collaborative media.

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Raftery — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:03:43 GMT

I agree that an 'in all seriousness' mark would be much better. Especially considering it could be used ironically, which would admittedly decrease clarity, but would also add to the richness of expression.