Comments on: “Quote-Unquote” https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/ Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:24:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: dean https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-551104 Sun, 22 Oct 2017 23:24:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-551104 I realize this is a very old thread, but the title is perfect for referencing a line from Stephen Wright.

I wish the first word I ever said was the word “quote,” so right before I die I could say “unquote.”

]]> By: uncle noel https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7243 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:11:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7243 So I’ve heard!

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7242 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:30:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7242 “Quote,unquote” is actually a malapropism for “quote, endquotes” – the latter word being the correct one for… oh, never mind.Nobody ever gets my jokes.

]]> By: Virgil Samms https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7241 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:20:59 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7241 The BBC is crazy for quotation marks. Current headlines at BBC News:
Hundreds of Iraq schemes ‘failed’
Austrian ‘admits daughter abuse’
Gene therapy ‘aids youth’s sight’
‘Dozens die’ in China train crash
UN troops ‘armed DR Congo rebels’
Chocolate ‘may cut diabetes risk’
Pregnancy cravings ‘on the rise’

]]> By: uncle noel https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7240 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:40:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7240 People think explaining that quotes are not correctly used for emphasis is just as pedantic as explaining that caterpillars aren’t worms, chimps aren’t monkeys, etc. How ’bout this for pedantry: “Quote,unquote” is actually a malapropism for “quote, endquotes” – the latter word being the correct one for… oh, never mind.

]]> By: NJ https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7239 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:29:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7239 I recall reading somewhere that for a certain segment of the population, placing words in quotes (as above and at the Websites linked in comments) is actually an attempt at emphasis.So in this context, writing that ‘Greg is a “good” blogger’ is like writing ‘Greg is a good blogger’ or ‘Greg is a good blogger’.

]]> By: Hank Roberts https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7238 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:03:02 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7238 “ephasis” [sic]

]]> By: HennepinCountyLawyer https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7237 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:45:55 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7237 My favorite was the sign that said”Sorry, we are “not” permitted to accept personal checks.This obviously means there’s a rule against taking checks but it’s generally ignored. (Which is not, of course, what the person posting that particular sign intended.)

]]> By: Rin https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7236 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:09:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7236 Yup, I had the same thought as stephenk.And here’s another repository of inappropriately used quotation marks: http://www.juvalamu.com/qmarks/

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7235 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:08:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/04/27/quoteunquote/#comment-7235 Who, “me”?

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