Why do the Spanish start a question with an upside-down question mark?

For example, "¿Por qué diablos?"

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

The encapsulation is an emphasis to distinguish a question from a normal sentence. ¡They encapsulate as well with the exclamation marks! Notice above it's easy to distinguish in a longer paragraph.

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@BijouPleasurette my mother was Romanian. My father was Czechoslovakian. Yet mom's side were gypsies in Europe. They stuck with German because German was common pre WWII in Europe.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@DeWayfarer Sounds a good idea . . most languages could presumably follow suit.

DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

@SunshineGirl there are a lot of good ideas from other languages. Czech has nine declension points. It's a good idea! 🤷🏻‍♂️

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