Re: Superposed glyphs (Was: Re: Pronouncing "W")

I looked it up. The correct spelling is Martin K. Speckter, and
the year was 1962.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicholas Bodley" <nbodley@...>
To: <qalam@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:48 AM
Subject: Superposed glyphs (Was: Re: Pronouncing "W")


> On Wednesday 05 February 2003 19:20, Phillip Driscoll wrote:
> [...]
> > When Martin Spekter invented the symbol which is a combination
> question mark and exclamation point in the 1960s, he named it the
> "interrobang."
>
> It's U+203D. So it wasn't Roger Price who invented it. (I wonder
> what sound Victor Borge would have made for it!)