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! - exclamation mark "ёп". It is used in writing, as well as in oral literary, colloquial and "not for printing" speeches. In most cases, it expresses the emotion of the author, coupled with increased voice volume, surprise, intonation swings. In the Old Slavonic, the “Ep” sign denoted exclusively surprise and, in this regard, was called "amazing" in narrow circles.