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Can someone explain?
Guess I'm losing touch with modern trends, but can someone explain to me the current fixation with multi exclamation & question marks? Is it something they teach in schools these days?
I'm not criticising, I'm just trying to understand why. Is it that we might miss one, so they think 3 or 4 might be more likely to be seen?
Sky Poker are bad enough, with needless exclamations marks after so many things - a push message to every table for a £1.20 satellite hardly merits an exclamation mark imo - but when it comes to multi marks, I'm at a complete loss to understand why.
These are thread titles on this Forum in the last week;
"What a quality call!!!"
"what is going on!!!????"
"How can i stop people fishing??? When the board is constantly rewarding the fish???"
"comments on the hand played please???"
"so what does everyone think of this on the villians part???"
"were am i going wrong or am i hoping for 2 much????"
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But that was not the question, which was genuine.
Oh, I see. I think. Sort of.
When it comes to subtlety, you need lessons from Plump Percy.
I don't like gotten, but I understand it, "Americanisms" are quite common, though in Motor Racing, "straightaway" as opposed to "straight" has always puzzled me.
Anyway, two of us seem to be broadly in agreement, that's a whole army right there.
I did get told by a friend's daughter that multi-exclamation marks (well, two, never more) are frequently used in "Jackie" & "16". That's OK, don't have a problem with them being used for adolescents, but poker is for grown-ups.
Three is typo ??? or nervous twitch.
....and multi question marks?
And the hybrid thing - multi question marks AND multi exclamation marks?
! signifies good move; !? signifies interesting (but poss wrong) move
?! means dubious move; ? means poor move; ?? means instantly losing/terrible move
On a related topic, I once asked why a judgment in a case ended with ".....", to be told that the Judge had died mid-speech and his false teeth exploded on the back wall of the Court! (just the 1, and used for emphasis)
I'm asking what "????" (or "!!!!" or even "!!!!????" or the rarely sighted "!?!?!?!?") means when posted on a poker Forum.
Multiple question marks
Multiple (often double) question marks are used to demand a correct or true response, or to denote complete disbelief or incredulity at a statement. While they strengthen your question, they also imply you don’t believe what the person has just told you, or that you are getting impatient with that person.
Examples
Question marks with exclamation marks
Question marks can be used in conjunction with exclamation marks/exclamation points too, to convey disbelief, amusement, surprise or annoyance.
Examples
Do I have to finish this report by the end of today?
This is fine, a straightforward question.
Do I have to finish this report by the end of today??
The second question mark here is unnecessary. It conveys disbelief and impatience.
Do I have to finish this report by the end of today?!
This conveys annoyance and petulance, and is definitely not an appropriate tone to take with a work colleague or boss.
given that many of your examples are from impatient, questioning, incredulous, disbelieving and angry or petulant peeps, there is a certain consistency in that usage.