Punctuation Mark

This is the history of the establishment of several punctuation marks are often used around the world....

1.  Question Mark (?)
At first, in Latin, one must write the word "Questio" at the end of the sentence to indicate that the sentence would be asked as question.. So to save space, the word is eventually shortened to "qo", which is then compressed again into the small "q" letters above the letter "o", which eventually grew up into dots and curve like a worm, just as we are now question marks..

2.  Exclamation Mark (!)
Like a question mark, initially starting with the letters piling up.. This sign comes from the Latin word "io" means "cry of excitement" when the letter "i" is written above the letter "o", after a long time is shortened as the exclamation mark us today..

3.  Equals Sign (=)
Invented by English mathematician Robert Recorde in 1557, with this kind of thinking (in Old English) "I Will settle as I doe woorke Often in use, a paire of paralleles, or Gmowe [i.e., twin] lines of one length, thus:, bicause noe 2 thynges, can be more equalle." or translation: "I will use this sign as usual, a pair of parallel lines, or a twin of equal length, because no two things could be more similar to these two parallel lines." Signs similar to the original findings of Robert least 5 times longer than we know today..

4.  Ampersand (&)
This symbol is a form of "et" in Latin, meaning "and".. This sign was invented by Marcus Tullius Tiro, an author of the first century in Rome.. Ampersand name was only given after 17 centuries later.. In early 1800, school students learned this symbol as a letter to 27 after Z, but still without a name. So in early 1800, they learned the ABC (alphabet) with "and per se, and" meaning "&" and then read so fast because, eventually became "ampersand"..

5.  Octothorp (#)
This strange name for numbering sign comes from the word "thorpe", on ancient Normandy language used to said the village or farm, which is often encountered in English to place names.. Initially used for map-making, which means the village is surrounded by eight farms.. Because eight (octa) and agriculture (thorpe), it appears this name, Octothorp..

6.  Dollar sign ($)
The new American government issued their own money in 1794, and at that time was still using old world currency, the peso, or Spanish dollar.. First U.S. dollar coin exactly same as Spanish peso currency, both weight and value, so they take the same acronym: "Ps".. The longer the development, the letter P is written upon S, and then began to circle above the P was removed, so only the letter S is overwritten with a vertical line.