I love shady characters! I think I JUST talked about it in my Substack, maybe last post? There's something beautiful about realizing our punctuation has such a long history. And yes, we need to train our children to read long passages, to sustain their attention. But that's not how our modern world is naturally designed. It takes intentionality.
Rachel, I’m going to have to go look at your last post then! I can’t get enough of the stories behind how our language evolved. And your words are so true.
I must be getting old. I mentioned shady characters in one of my first posts, not my most recent. But I have thought about that book a great deal since I read it two years ago—such an interesting read. Also, I want the interrobang to become a thing. I mean, why not‽
Thanks, Esther. I didn’t know much about it either until the symbol piqued my interest. The language of these symbols paints such interesting stories. They fascinate me.
I love shady characters! I think I JUST talked about it in my Substack, maybe last post? There's something beautiful about realizing our punctuation has such a long history. And yes, we need to train our children to read long passages, to sustain their attention. But that's not how our modern world is naturally designed. It takes intentionality.
Rachel, I’m going to have to go look at your last post then! I can’t get enough of the stories behind how our language evolved. And your words are so true.
I must be getting old. I mentioned shady characters in one of my first posts, not my most recent. But I have thought about that book a great deal since I read it two years ago—such an interesting read. Also, I want the interrobang to become a thing. I mean, why not‽
https://substack.com/@racheljosephson/p-175876064
I haven’t read the entire book yet. I was focused on the pilcrow. But now I want to. And now I’m going to read your article. 😊
Such interesting read! Had not heard about the symbol in question and I didn’t know that the name of the other smilar symbol was pilcrow 😅
Thanks, Esther. I didn’t know much about it either until the symbol piqued my interest. The language of these symbols paints such interesting stories. They fascinate me.