Punctuation question for clever clogs

[TinyGang]

What do upside down question marks and exclaimation marks mean? (They're on some keyboards and my mobile phones I've noticed.)

i think this is a question for our bi-lingual members......

They're used in other languages (Spanish for one, as far as I remember). They're often used in pairs, one upside down at the beginning of the sentence and one the right way up at the end, but they mean the same thing as they do in English.

Ahh, yes I think I've seen it written that way trefusis and assumed it was used in other languages. I don't speak another language (to my shame, apart from minimal school-girl French) so wasn't sure. Thanks!

AHhh, have noticed this in ds2's Dora annual at the beginning of Vamanous - now I know! Thanks!