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list uncomon punctuation marks

=== Assistant: Cool question! ===
Cool question! There are many punctuation marks beyond the usual period, comma, question-mark, exclamation-mark. Here are some uncommon / rarely used punctuation marks (or typographic/annotation marks) — a mix of historical, creative, and typographic symbols.

==== ✨ Some uncommon punctuation marks ====

| Name                                                     | Symbol (or description)                                                          | What it’s used for / meaning                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Interrobang                                              | ‽                                                                                | Combines ? and ! — for shocked questions or strongly-emphatic queries (e.g. “You did what‽”) 
Wikipedia
+2
Proofed
+2                                          |
| Asterism                                                 | ⁂ (usually three asterisks in a triangular/cluster formation)                    | Used to mark minor breaks in text — like scene breaks, or to separate sub-sections or as a decorative divider. 
grammarly.com
+2
grammarlookup.com
+2          |
| Dagger (and Double Dagger)                               | † (double dagger: ‡)                                                             | Historically used to mark dubious or spurious passages or to indicate footnotes (especially when an asterisk * is already used). 
Wikipedia
+2
edit-it.org
+2  |
| Pilcrow (Paragraph mark)                                 | ¶                                                                                | Used to mark the beginning of a new paragraph — especially in manuscripts or to show paragraph breaks in editing / typographic contexts. 
grammarlookup.com
+1 |
| Caret                                                    | ^                                                                                | In proofreading/writing, used to show insertion: indicating where something missing should be inserted. 
grammarlookup.com
+1                                  |
| Percontation Point (Rhetorical / reversed-question mark) | ⸮ (or a reversed question mark)                                                  | Proposed for rhetorical questions — to show the question isn’t literal or expects no answer — but it never really caught on. 
Knowadays
+2
Mental Floss
+2     |
| Irony Mark                                               | A symbol (varies) — e.g. a psi-like glyph (Ψ with a dot below) in some proposals | Intended to mark ironic or sarcastic sentences, to signal tone that punctuation rarely captures. 
Mental Floss
+2
Proofed
+2                                   |
| Snark Mark                                               | A period followed by a tilde: .~                                                 | Meant to indicate sarcasm or mocking tone in writing. 
Knowadays
+2
seekerville.blogspot.com
+2                                                                |
| Certitude Point                                          | An exclamation mark with a horizontal line through it                            | Proposed to signal absolute certainty or conviction — a more emphatic exclamation point. 
Proofed
+2
Knowadays
+2                                              |
| Section Sign                                             | §                                                                                | Used to reference sections (commonly in legal documents) or mark section numbers internally. 
punctuationcheck.com
+1                                          |
| Hedera (Fleuron)                                         | ❧ or similar floral/ornamental glyphs                                            | Historically used as ornamental breaks between paragraphs or sections — more decorative than functional. 
grammarlookup.com
+2
Boing Boing
+2                  |

==== 🧮 Why these are “uncommon” ====
* Many were proposed or used historically (medieval manuscripts, early printing, shorthand editing) and fell out of common use. Wikipedia<ref>{{cite web|title=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraphos|publisher=en.wikipedia.org|access-date=2025-12-06}}</ref>
* A few are more experimental/fanciful punctuation marks (like irony mark, certitude point) that never got widespread adoption. HowStuffWorks<ref>{{cite web|title=HowStuffWorks|url=https://people.howstuffworks.com/6-punctuation-marks-that-dont-exist-but-totally-should.htm|publisher=people.howstuffworks.com|access-date=2025-12-06}}</ref>
* Others are specialized: used in legal, academic, editorial, or typographic contexts rather than everyday writing. grammarlookup.com<ref>{{cite web|title=grammarlookup.com|url=https://www.grammarlookup.com/15-uncommon-punctuation-marks/|publisher=grammarlookup.com|access-date=2025-12-06}}</ref>

If you want — I can compile a list of ~30 rare punctuation or typographic symbols (with glyphs + Unicode codes + example usages) so you have a full reference.
Do you want me to build that list for you now?

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