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A question mark can be part of your name - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm Certain characters

by Nekojoe 16y ago

A question mark can be part of your name - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8206280.stm Certain characters like the defunct yogh have had issues in Unicode - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogh http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4595228.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4595228.stm Some names can be changed if they're cruel or too unconventional - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7522952.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7522952.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6939112.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6939112.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6937327.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6937327.stm

kroger 16y ago
For those confused what an article about zombies (first link) has to do with questions marks in one's name, here's the relevant quote: "Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake)"
- kroger 16y ago
  And, of course, his name looks funny when someone is asking a question: "Is that you Professor Robert Smith??" And I wonder if he introduces himself as "Robert Smith Question Mark" ;-)
  - mattm 16y ago
    I wonder how you pronounce ?. Is it a click like Zulu or do you just have a rising intonation?
    - epochwolf 16y ago
      Rising intonation gets my vote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTbrIo1p-So http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTbrIo1p-So (Tim? the Enchanter)
- jcl 16y ago
  Coincidentally, I ran across Scott Shaw!'s homepage today: http://www.shawcartoons.com/bio.php http://www.shawcartoons.com/bio.php (...although there are plenty of other names with exclamation points, due to languages like Xhosa.)