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From hieroglyphs to hashtags: the hidden history of punctuation
Punctuation marks have crept into the spaces between our words over thousands of years. But we rarely reflect on why they look the way they do or how they even got there. Florence Hazrat, who posts on social media as “the punctuation lady”, has written a fascinating new book that explores the history of the comma, the full stop and all their forgotten relatives.
Guest: Florence Hazrat, author, On The Mark: A History of Punctuation from Ancient Egypt to the Emoticon
Producer: Julie Street
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