Where does punctuation come from

Let s explore this lot: Get Exclusive NordVPN deal + 4 months extra here Its riskfree with Nords 30day moneyback guarantee In this episode I trace the punctuation we use every day as far back as I can. Is the question mark actually a word Where did the exclamation mark come from Is the full stop the oldest punctuation What punctuation did the Romans use These questions answered and more as we explore the origins of punctuation. GEEKY MERCH: PATREON COMMUNITY: FREE NEWSLETTER: Check me out on the web, on Twitter TikTok: x. com, robwordsYT SOME RESOURCES National Archive re Paleography: Great BBC article: Manuscript studies: That papyrus: CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 0:10 The space between words 1:34 What is punctuation 2:04 The first punctuation 2:54 Period, full (. ) stop comma (, ) 5:11 Colon (:) semicolon (; ) 6:57 NordVPN 7:55 Question mark ( ) 10:12 Exclamation mark, point ( ) 11:47 Quotation marks ( ) 13:50 Brackets (()) 14:57 Dash () hyphen () 16:00 Apostrophe ( ) 17:28 Ellipsis 18:40 MERCH