Why do I have an upside down question mark on my text symbols on my mobile phone?

Question

When would I use it?
My son said ' if you have to ask an Australian a question'. !!!!

Answer 1

It's because in Spanish they put an upside-down question mark infront of questions..

Like your sons jokes though!

Answer 2

Thats because in Spain and other spanish speaking countries, when you are writing a question, you put an upside-down question mark at the start of the sentence, and a normal one at the end. They also do the same with questions that end in exclamation marks. I think it is because it makes it easier to pronounce if you are reading something aloud.

Answer 3

An upside down Question mark is for asking a question in Spanish. A question is asked in this form: (Upside down question mark) Question then ?

Answer 4

maybe because in spanish they put an upside down question mark preceding the question and then a 'normal' question mark at the end ... from the sounds of it, its not something you are going to use very often though so don't worry about it! :)

Answer 5

in spanish language it's used before a written down question, so if you have to read it out loud you already know which intonation to use. it'd be awful if you were to read the whole sentence as though it's a statement, then rise your voice at the end of it once you see the question mark at the end. it's very cleaver actually!! |(and im not spanish)

Answer 6

It's for when you want to ask a question in Spanish.

Answer 7

in Spanish they put that before a sentence that is a question

Answer 8

This is primarily for Spanish speakers.

Answer 9

just for fun buddy if ur really cofused with question put it up side down

Answer 10

i guess for spanish.... or any other language with that type of punctuation.