@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 4 months agoWhy do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?message-square39fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down18
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?@[email protected] to No Stupid [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish36•4 months agoIt’s the verbal equivalent of quotation marks done as a hand gesture.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoYeah—I think the canonical usage is to hold up your fingers as you say “quote unquote”, then lower your hands when the quote is complete.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoIf anyone did this in front of me I would smack them in the mouth.
It’s the verbal equivalent of quotation marks done as a hand gesture.
Yeah—I think the canonical usage is to hold up your fingers as you say “quote unquote”, then lower your hands when the quote is complete.
One hand for quote, the other for unquote
If anyone did this in front of me I would smack them in the mouth.