Spanish exclamation mark

[aandrusiak]

I wonder how Hispanophones write (with a pen on paper) the reverse exclamation mark (¡): from top to bottom (as the 'i' character) or from bottom to top?

Comments

[helenadax]

¡This way! XD

[aandrusiak]

¡Right! ¿But which way?

[lost_house]

i think you are asking about handwriting, yes? i.e. does the pen stroke start at the bottom of the symbol & stroke up or vice versa plus does the dot get added first or last.

sorry, i have no idea, by the way :) but my first reading of the question i interpreted as "how do they find that symbol on a keyboard when typing" which is an entirely different question. i thought re-framing the question might help!

[aandrusiak]

Ok, thanks, updated

[cafecomics]

Bottom to top, then I add the dot. But I'm not a native speaker.

[summerless_year]

Me, too, but I so seldom write (as opposed to type) Spanish, and even less seldom use the reverse exclamation point (though more frequently the question mark, which, btw, I do from top to bottom). My Chilean friends don't seem to use either much in informal writing (written or typed), either. Maybe its use is dropping off a bit?

[ti_ana]

A lot of people I know don't use it much when typing informally. Can't speak much for handwriting, cause other than the grocery list or filling out a check, I don't really handwrite much anymore.

[sunshinesarah]

I do top to bottom (dot first).

[aandrusiak]

Dot first (sic!) :)

[emofordino]

I usually write the line part from top to bottom, and then go back up to add the dot. Probably not the most efficient way to do it, but *shrugs* :)

[thedorkygirl]

Related question - I can't think of a letter, off the top of my head, which I write bottom to top.

[echosequence]

I write the lowercase "f" bottom to top.

[mayanas]

If I start a word with capital A I start from the top but if I'm writing an entire word in all caps with an A not the first letter I'll start the A from the bottom. Capital M is much the same, though as first letter it can go either way depending on my writing speed. Strange.