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  Britain.tv Wikipedia - Interpunct
An interpunct is a small dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin script, being perhaps the first consistent visual representation of word boundaries in written language.
The Chinese language sometimes uses the interpunct (called the partition sign) to separate words; since Chinese script has no word spacing, the interpunct is used in cases which might otherwise be ambiguous.
Interpuncts are often used to separate transcribed foreign words written in Katakana.
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 Interpunct - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In mathematics the interpunct is sometimes used to represent Multiplication.
A punctuation mark resembling the interpunct is used in the characteristically Catalan grapheme "ŀl" (called ele geminada, "geminate l").
In the Shavian alphabet, the interpunct is used before a word to denote it as a proper noun.
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interpunct was used regularly in early Latin, but had long been replaced by space.
The Chinese language sometimes uses the interpunct (called the partition sign) to separate words, as the Chinese script has no word spacing; in certain times ambiguities may exist, the interpunct then comes in handy.
Interpuncts are often used to separate foreign words written in Katakana, eg.
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 Vindolanda Tablets Online | Exhibition | Scripts at Vindolanda
Word divisions are only sometimes marked, either by a space (225) or by interpunct, i.e.
Interpunct is not often used consistently but placed here and there through the text (297, 323).
An oblique dash or apex (plural – apices) was used over a and o, sometimes distinguishing long from short vowels (291).
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 Interword separation
This double-dot symbol also appears in ancient Turkic.
The Romans used the interpunct -- a small dot -- to separate words for a while before abandoning it.
Because Hebrew script and Arabic script don't have vowels, it is particularly important to recognize word boundaries.
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 The Man in Blue > What's your favourite blip?
The interpunct is very sleek and minimalist, but perhaps a little too discrete?
The hyphen/minus and the interpunct are what I use...
Based on that, I think I'll be recommending the interpunct in future.
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Continuing Comma's investment in short fiction, Interpunct is the first annual anthology to explore the literary possibilities of a specific genre, science fiction.
In its heyday SF offered an infinitely variable set of propositions.
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 Definition of interpunct - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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