Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s the verbal equivalent of quotation marks done as a hand gesture.
Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s the verbal equivalent of quotation marks done as a hand gesture.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
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.
swab148@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
One hand for quote, the other for unquote
half@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If anyone did this in front of me I would smack them in the mouth.