Which punctuation marks are particularly variable across European languages?

question marks
quotation marks
semicolon
exclamation marks
English ‘cat’ or “cat” is translated to French « chat » and German „katze“. Other countries typically use one of these styles. In many countries, English quotation marks are getting more and more popular due to widespread of English keyboards.
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Answers by country

question marks
quotation marks
semicolon
exclamation marks
answers
flagItaly
15%
69%
15%
0%
13
flagthe Netherlands
26%
66%
0%
6%
15
flagRepublic of Ireland
20%
55%
10%
15%
20
flagFrance
18%
50%
6%
25%
16
flagCanada
29%
47%
5%
17%
17
flagGermany
19%
46%
14%
16%
62
flagPoland
28%
40%
12%
17%
11261
flagIndia
18%
39%
18%
20%
58
flagthe United Kingdom
29%
37%
10%
21%
96
flagthe United States
30%
30%
20%
17%
156
flagAustralia
30%
30%
7%
26%
26
flagGreece
47%
30%
8%
13%
23
flagBelgium
40%
30%
0%
30%
10
flagNigeria
50%
30%
0%
20%
10
flagUnknown
58%
16%
16%
8%
12