Mixtures of Question Marks and Exclamation Points
Although it has now become rare, it is correct usage in Spanish to begin a sentence with an opening inverted exclamation mark ("¡") and end it with a question mark ("?"), or vice-versa, for statements that are questions but also have a clear sense of exclamation or surprise such as: ¡Y tú quién te crees que eres? ("Who do you think you are?!"). Normally, the four signs are used, always with one type in the outer side and the other in the inner side (nested)(¿¡Y tú quién te crees que eres!?, ¡¿Y tú quién te crees que eres?! )
Unicode 5.1 also includes "⸘" (U+2E18 INVERTED INTERROBANG), which combines both in one glyph.
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