[tired-turtle]

I suspect to emphasize enumeration so readers don’t incorrectly parse the sentence. But the text would be even clearer had these speech patterns been omitted altogether.

[WesolyKubeczek]

I'm way more irked by (2) following (a). It's (a), (b), (c), or (1), (2), (3), or (а), (б), (в), but for chrissake, don't mix the styles.

[dhosek]

Hey, keep complaining and I’ll give you (ⅲ), (四), (〥), (༦), (٧), (๘) and (᥏).

[WesolyKubeczek]

Can't wait until you bring in the anatomical parts of Egyptian script. ;)

[refulgentis]

Not in this thread yet, not talking down to you, apologies if tone comes across that way: jokes aside, noticed you're OP, and I'm very curious what the intent was here.

[littlekey]

Perhaps dhosek is a fae entity or trickster spirit of some sort, and we're all better off not questioning them too closely.

[dhosek]

I started doing (a)—2 in my twenties, as a joke, and now it’s ingrained in me that I have to consciously stop myself and, frankly, I’d rather not.

[refulgentis]

Cheers