punctus percontativus A reversed, but not inverted punctus interrogativus […] used in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate the end of a percontatio.

The Captain, inclining his military person, sat sideways to be closer and kinder[…].

Hast thou any clypt syluer? … Hast thou any crekt grote?

3 P.M. If you want tattoos, Joe Baldeo at the House of Colour, 120 West Main, 631-968-TATS, is celebrating five years at this storefront, and his clients arent necessarily big biceped South Shore bikers: Six out of 10 are women, and 10 percent of my business is permanent cosmetics you know, eyebrows and eyeliner and whatnot.