PREFACE
HOW TO READ THIS BOOK
1. THE PILCROW 3
2. THE INTERROBANG 25
3. THE OCTOTHORPE 41
4. THE AMPERSAND 59
5. THE @ SYMBOL 79
6. THE ASTERISK AND DAGGER 97
7. THE HYPHEN 121
8. THE DASH 145
9. THE MANICULE 167
10. QUOTATION MARKS 187
11. IRONY AND SARCASM 211
1. Irony in History
2. Ironics
3. Digital Sarcasm
AFTERWORD 245
FURTHER READING 247
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 249
NOTES 251
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 319
INDEX 323