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

@DeWayfarer Oh, I see. I didn't do Spanish in school, I did French. There are courses available in other languages including Spanish at the colleges in my city.

@BijouPleasurette I am not very good with Spanish myself. Yet I do remember this from grade school. My family spoke German.

@DeWayfarer I know a German woman in my area, and I know one from Cuba who speaks Spanish. My French teacher in school was French. I have a Polish friend who lives not far away. There are people from all over the place around here.

@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.

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

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