THE SARCASM MARK...

[Bazza]

Dear All,

 

Reported in my daily newspaper yesterday. The Board has occasions when such a mark is sorely needed:

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Seriously top marks for sarcasm

THE internet is said to be dumbing down the language, but at least it is trying to make up for that with plenty of sarcasm.

So much, in fact, that a Michigan software company is now trying to make some money by adding a new form of online punctuation – the sarcasm mark.

Sarcasm Inc said the Sarcmark, which looks like an open circle with a dot in the centre, is now available to be used by any computer and even on BlackBerry devices if you are prepared to pay to download it.

“Statements have the period. Questions have the question mark. Exclamations have the exclamation mark. When you see the newest punctuation mark for sarcasm, you'll know the writer of that sentence doesn't literally mean what they're writing - they're being sarcastic,” the company claimed, without using a sarcmark.

Not sure if this is serious or not, but – just in case – they are even selling sarcmark jackets for the real enthusiast.

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Regards,

BaZZa.

[Ted Tenold]

We already have one that works pretty good; " "

[Henry Wilson]

The signatures of some posts could also be regarded as sacrmarks. Two that come to mind are

 

Guido Schiller

Reinhard

 

*These names are not listed in any kind of order.

 

:lol: