the Dutch language has a new official sign for irony:

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explanation in Dutch here

What do you think? Do we need one for other languages too?

I think this is the best change to our language in yearshttp://i14.tinypic.com/2ugh1eb.gif

― StanM, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:02 (eighteen years ago)

How the fuck did they come up with this? Lukas van der Taelen I'm looking at you kid. ;-)

― nathalie, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:44 (eighteen years ago)

GZeus to thread!

― g-kit, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:46 (eighteen years ago)

excellent. how about one for sarcasm now? http://i14.tinypic.com/2ugh1eb.gif

― the next grozart, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:52 (eighteen years ago)

Apparently there's some history behind it.

― ledge, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:55 (eighteen years ago)

An irony mark may sometimes be referred to as an irony point, snark or zing.

― onimo, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 11:59 (eighteen years ago)

We need one for

OH SNAP

― StanM, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 12:12 (eighteen years ago)

Mike Allred to copywrite lawyer.

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 14 March 2007 12:39 (eighteen years ago)

seven months pass...

― roxymuzak, Friday, 26 October 2007 07:46 (eighteen years ago)

I've never seen this being used anywhere since that introduction :-/

― StanM, Friday, 26 October 2007 08:07 (eighteen years ago)

I tried to make up the exclamation semicolon, when you're too excited to wait for it at the end of the sentence.

― Abbott, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:19 (eighteen years ago)

Sarcasm snake: ~

― Laurel, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:20 (eighteen years ago)

northy snake!

xpost

― ken c, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

― pc user, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:22 (eighteen years ago)

NO POMO

― pc user, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:26 (eighteen years ago)

http://thesnark.org/faq/

― elmo argonaut, Friday, 26 October 2007 18:28 (eighteen years ago)

Don't let Alanis Morissette near this thing.

― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 26 October 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)

can't see any use for it around these parts.

― TTTTTTT, Friday, 26 October 2007 23:46 (eighteen years ago)

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