Can I quote you on that?
Comment on Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?
Redacted@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Tangential, but I don’t understand why in American English you feel the need to say the word quote at all. In UK English we just use intenation.
Pixel@lemmy.sdf.org 23 hours ago
otp@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
It’s useful for when you’re quoting someone who happens to use the exact same intonation as you!
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 11 hours ago
I’m from the UK and I feel like I’ve heard enough UK English speakers saying “quote” that I had never thought of it as an American thing. That isn’t to say that the distinction you make doesn’t exist though, just that it may be variable across demographics or contexts.