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Translingual
Iteration mark
〃
- An iteration mark or "ditto mark" denoting the duplication of the word, words, sentence or paragraph above.
- Black pens, box of twenty ..... £2.10
Blue 〃 〃 〃 〃 ..... £2.10
2010, Peter Haring Judd, Elizabeth Wade White Papers Catalog and Finding Aid, Volume 1 (in English), New York Public Library, →ISBN, page 118:
- Ash Wednesday — T. S. Eliot
- Collected Poems — 〃 〃
Usage notes
Commonly used in lists, and frequently used in a chain spanning several items.
- In English this is called a ditto mark. In Mandarin it is called 同上符號／同上符号 (tóngshàng fúhào). In Japanese it is called ノノ点 (nonoten).
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References
- Benjamin Drew (1871) “Punctuation”, in Hints and Helps for Those Who Write, Print, or Read, Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard, ; New York, N.Y.: Charles T. Dillingham, page 95: “Two commas (usually turned) are often used instead of do. (ditto.)
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