Bracketed Exclamation Mark?

PiKe · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:07

[TW]Fox;12055397 said:
It means your brakes are broken.

platypus · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:08

iviv said:
I use it mid sentence (!) to emphasise a point without actually causing the grammatical stop that an exclamation mark would cause.

Thats pretty much what its for.

iviv · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:09

Pfft, I can make an upsidedown exclamation mark. Look!

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Mr^B · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:10

He probably found the "buffalo buffalo buffalo ..." article in wikipedia and tried bracketing them up...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

^ probably a re-posted link.

BigglesPiP · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:10

Interrobang for the win‽

benjo plz. · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:14

Mr^B said:
He probably found the "buffalo buffalo buffalo ..." article in wikipedia and tried bracketing them up...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

^ probably a re-posted link.

yep, look

Buffalo... said:
[Those] (Buffalo buffalo) [whom] (Buffalo buffalo buffalo) buffalo (Buffalo buffalo).[Those] buffalo(es) from Buffalo [that are intimidated by] buffalo(es) from Buffalo intimidate buffalo(es) from Buffalo.

PiKe · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:15

[Brain] Implodes.

Lysander · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:16

A bracketed exclamation mark denotes sarcasm. It looks clumsy if you write it in normal prose. It works best for subtitles.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:19

Mr^B said:
He probably found the "buffalo buffalo buffalo ..." article in wikipedia and tried bracketing them up...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo

^ probably a re-posted link.

I've just foamed at the mouth.

benjo plz. · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:19

Greenlizard0 said:
I've just foamed at the mouth.

CJD?

Burt · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:24

I wasn't aware it was proper usage in any circumstance. Must have missed that English class.

krooton · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:27

Greenlizard0 said:
I have never used it to negatively exclaim something. I have used it to help place emphasis on something just incase my sentance as a whole doesn't do it justice, for example :

"I found a 245M tall (!) tiger in the park the other day and it was chewing on Maddie!"

That's how I use it too

DannyDan · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:47

iviv said:
I use it mid sentence (!) to emphasise a point without actually causing the grammatical stop that an exclamation mark would cause.

This is how i would use it and how i would assume it was intended if I read it

Nitefly · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:52

I use it to add emphasis in a sentence, as previously described.

Dj_Jestar · 9 Jul 2008 at 15:56

It's the same as anything else in brackets, it is a side-note (of my exclamation to something.)

"The other day, I bumped into Lennox Lewis (!) and he didn't beat the pants off me."

krooton · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:15

Dj_Jestar said:
It's the same as anything else in brackets, it is a side-note (of my exclamation to something.)

"The other day, I bumped into Lennox Lewis (!) and he didn't beat the pants off me."

So he just beat you off in your pants?

Knubje · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:18

Burt said:
I wasn't aware it was proper usage in any circumstance. Must have missed that English class.

PiKe · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:43

It's not really something you'd ever hand write though.

Greenlizard0 · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:47

benjo plz. said:
CJD?

I'm not mad at all! I'm perfectly sane! (Ok, I suppose I'm trying to pull the udder one

).

Le_Petit_Lapin · 9 Jul 2008 at 16:50

What the hell?

That just looks retarded.

Bracketed Exclamation Mark?

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