Usually I hear this as “quote something end quote”
Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?
SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 10 months ago
Incandemon@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
I think I’ve most often heard quote unsuited used sarcastically, like scare quotes in writing. When someone’s quoting something seriously I usually hear the quote something unsuited, or a and I quote something.
SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Indeed. With very slowly pronounced “bunny ear finger quotes” as you say it to emphasize the sarcasm.