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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Origin of... Exclamation Point
Like the question mark, the exclamation point was invented by stacking letters.
The mark comes from the Latin word io, meaning "exclamation of joy."
Written vertically, with the i above the o, it forms the exclamation point we use today.
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