Although familiar with the N. American word 'period' (punctuation), I still find it an odd word in that context.
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LGD
on May 16, 2007
As with other Americanisms, I hear it on television and see it on the internet all the time but, 'period' for me has connotations of regularity, which sentences obviously don't have.
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Discussion (4)
What do English speaking non-North Americans (Brits?) use instead of "period"?
My understanding is that they call it a "full stop". But I may be misremembering.
What do they call the exclamation mark?
( ! ) is an exclamation mark.
Askoxford.com give 'exclamation point' as an alternative American equivalent.
And yes, English speaking non-North Americans (at least among the former territories/dependants of the British Empire) do call it a full stop.