red_pigeon@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhy do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down18
arrow-up1112arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?red_pigeon@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days agoI’ve heard it said both ways. For example. When the statement you’re quoting is going to be quote, short or simple, unquote. Or, if it’s going to stand on its own and be quote, unquote, some long citation that would make famous Russian authors jealous.
minus-squareIncandemonlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-24 days agoI think I’ve most often heard quote unquote used sarcastically, like scare quotes in writing. When someone’s quoting something seriously I usually hear the quote something unquote or a and I quote something.
minus-squareSzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoIndeed. With very slowly pronounced “bunny ear finger quotes” as you say it to emphasize the sarcasm.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoUsually I hear this as “quote something end quote”
I’ve heard it said both ways.
For example.
When the statement you’re quoting is going to be quote, short or simple, unquote.
Or, if it’s going to stand on its own and be quote, unquote, some long citation that would make famous Russian authors jealous.
I think I’ve most often heard quote unquote used sarcastically, like scare quotes in writing. When someone’s quoting something seriously I usually hear the quote something unquote or a and I quote something.
Indeed. With very slowly pronounced “bunny ear finger quotes” as you say it to emphasize the sarcasm.
Usually I hear this as “quote something end quote”