A new punctuation mark indicating sarcasm has been invented and is currently being sold through software online by a Michigan-based company.
The Sarcasm Inc. company states on its website it is selling the software, which operates on both PCs and BlackBerry devices, for $2. The symbol looks similar to an open circle with a dot in the middle.
The firm says it is selling the mark because “the written word has question marks and exclamation points to document those thoughts, BUT sarcasm has NOTHING!”
Paul Sak, of Sarcasm, told News.com.au the SarcMark is a punctuation mark, and behaves like any other font character when it is downloaded through the official software.
“It is roughly the size of other characters and with the SarcMark font downloaded, it behaves like any other font character… It specifically has a point or period incorporated in it, just like all other main punctuation marks.”
Sak said the mark could potentially be used to help people with hearing disabilities, particularly in the use of closed captioned television sets.
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