• @mossy_
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      1728 days ago

      I’m starting to think it’s part of a growing Lemmy dialect

      • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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        1228 days ago

        I’ve been using it pretty consistently for several years now. I think something about Lemmy attracts the type of people that use interrobangs, rather than Lemmy creating a culture of interrobang use.

        • @techt
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          628 days ago

          I’ve been trying to get the semicolon to take off; haven’t had much luck though.

          • @someguy3
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            227 days ago

            I had an eloquent friend who used them in college. The advice he got from TAs (many were from overseas) was to not use them.

            • @techt
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              127 days ago

              I got that advice as well – the explanation given to me was that it’s almost always used incorrectly, so just be safe and don’t. However, I like the way it makes writing more closely resemble natural speech; we usually talk in conjoined clauses rather than complete sentences.