Are you familiar with any (or all) of the following punctuation and typographical marks?
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The first is probably the easiest, and what you call it likely depends on how old you are: Hashtag (you're under 30) or Pound Sign (over 30). Pre-typewriter (and internet, obvi), the symbol traces back to the Roman symbol libra pondo, or pound weight. The humble hash eventually made its way to ASCII and unicode, two encoding standards for electronic communication. Nerds from Bell Labs in the late '60s called it an "Octothorp," which I adore.
The second is an interrobang, an unconventional punctuation mark indicating a question expressed in an exclamatory manner, and a mark for which I have great affection and frequently employ.
Familiar to copywriters, copy editors, and print designers worldwide, the pilcrow rounds out the group. This funny little guy denotes the beginning of a new paragraph, and the symbol's been around since medieval times. The pilcrow's history is a fascinating one (if you're into that sort of thing [which I proudly am]).
Okay, thus endeth the grammar lesson. Here's how the night played out:
Nic and the Cages kicked off the night by taking Round 1 with a near-perfect card. This lit a fire under the fellas from Jolly Green; they shot right back with a perfect Round 2. Theethan scooped up the trophy in Round 3.
Round 4 ended in a tie between 3 Guys 1 Brain and YYC, the latter of which pulled the round with a close guess at the total number of islands that comprise Fiji. (Correct answer: 330.) Round 5 broke For Really?'s way; and Mean Green closed up shop with a strong Round 6 win.
Eleven teams total competed, and I believe this the first time in months we've had a different winner every round. Mark it.
Congratulations to all of the week's winners:
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