Wikipedia feels parenthesis aren't worth defining in its punctuation chart. I would like to submit this to The Onion street team to get some reactions to this slap in the face to the parenthesis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ’ ' )
brackets ( [ ], ( ), { }, ⟨ ⟩ )
colon ( : )
comma ( , )
dashes ( ‒, –, —, ― )
ellipses ( …, ... )
exclamation mark ( ! )
full stop/period ( . )
guillemets ( « » )
hyphen ( -, ‐ )
question mark ( ? )
quotation marks ( ‘ ’, “ ” )
semicolon ( ; )
slash/stroke ( / )
solidus ( ⁄ )
Word dividers
spaces ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) (␠) (␢) (␣)
interpunct ( · )
General typography
ampersand ( & )
at sign ( @ )
asterisk ( * )
backslash ( \ )
bullet ( • )
caret ( ^ )
copyright symbol ( © )
currency generic: ( ¤ )
specific: ฿, ¢, $, €, ƒ, ₲, ₴, ₭, £, ₦, ¥, ₩, ₪,₮
daggers ( †, ‡ )
degree ( ° )
ditto mark ( 〃 )
inverted exclamation mark ( ¡ )
inverted question mark ( ¿ )
number sign/pound/hash ( # )
numero sign ( № )
ordinal indicator (º, ª)
percent (etc.) ( %, ‰, ‱ )
pilcrow ( ¶ )
prime ( ′ )
registered trademark ( ® )
section sign ( § )
service mark ( ℠ )
sound recording copyright symbol ( ℗ )
tilde ( ~ )
trademark ( ™ )
underscore/understrike ( _ )
vertical/broken bar, pipe ( |, ¦ )
Uncommon typography
asterism ( ⁂ )
falsum ( ⊥ )
index/fist ( ☞ )
therefore sign ( ∴ )
because sign ( ∵ )
interrobang ( ‽ )
irony mark/percontation point ( ؟ )
lozenge ( ◊ )
reference mark ( ※ )
tie ( ⁀ )
v • d • e

That is all.

 

This distaste is horrid. I need a lozenge ( ◊ )

 

looks like they consider parenthesis brackets

 

yet they are so specific with the symbols at the bottom that nobody has ever heard of.

anyone here for the interrobang ( ‽ )

 

Sounds like the porno version of 24.

 

spice at 3am

 

isn't a falsum ( ⊥ ) found below your *****? (assuming you have one)

 

i donno but we should ask greg's friend he will know.

 

If it taint there, I dunno.

 

im here for the wikibang.

 

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Wikipedia hates B(o)(o)BIES!!!!