148: On the Mark (with Florence Hazrat)

Commas, em dashes, apostrophes, and interrobangs. We use them for timing, for grammar, and even for social purposes. But these little marks didn't just arise overnight. Dr Florence Hazrat fills us in on the history and meaning of these symbols. Florence is the author of On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World.

Timestamps

00:00 Start

01:48 Intros and hot punctuation takes

(5:21) On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World

06:13 Patreon plug: It's OnlyFans for your brain

11:37 News: Irish citizenship test

17:35 News: Bonobo compositionality maybe not a thing

22:36 Side note: How does disconfirmation feel?

26:26 News: Analogies increase fidelity in language transmission

36:34 News: The Internet Archive is saving news footage

39:30 Related or Not: Theme from Camden