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Contents

PREFACE

IX

HOW TO READ THIS BOOK

xii

I. THE PILCROW

f

3

2. THE INTERROBANG

P

25

3. THEOCTOTHORPE

#

41

4. THE AMPERSAND

39

5. THE @ SYMBOL

@

79

6. THE ASTERISK AND DAGGER

*+

97

7. THE HYPHEN

-

121

8. THE DASH

—

I4Î

9. THE MANICULE

МГ

167

10. QUOTATION MARKS

U V

187

II. IRONY AND SARCASM

211

I. Irony in History

212

2. Ironies

223

3. Digital Sarcasm

229

AFTERWORD

243

FURTHER READING

247

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

249

NOTES

231

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

321

INDEX

325