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A Language Question For The Linguists
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They'll bury him a googliebob.
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When the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
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I do it sometimes when I'm feeling lazy. I guess that's all you need to know.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
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I'm certain that someone or something is teaching these kids this Limey atrocity. And why is this the thing that they choose to learn?Kory wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:54pmI do it sometimes when I'm feeling lazy. I guess that's all you need to know.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
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Just a theory...but if the apostrophe is easier to type on a phone than a quotation mark, they will double-down on the single-quote.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:56pmI'm certain that someone or something is teaching these kids this Limey atrocity. And why is this the thing that they choose to learn?Kory wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:54pmI do it sometimes when I'm feeling lazy. I guess that's all you need to know.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
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Ugh. That is so awful it makes sense. Still, they do know to use proper double quotes when quoting a source or historical figure, so maybe not.Rat Patrol wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:21pmJust a theory...but if the apostrophe is easier to type on a phone than a quotation mark, they will double-down on the single-quote.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:56pmI'm certain that someone or something is teaching these kids this Limey atrocity. And why is this the thing that they choose to learn?Kory wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:54pmI do it sometimes when I'm feeling lazy. I guess that's all you need to know.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
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I was surprised to learn it's standard in some newer/revised style guides.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
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Not in the style guides that you use if you actually want to get paid for your work.Inder wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:43pmI was surprised to learn it's standard in some newer/revised style guides.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
In my line of work, I can still legally give you 10 lashes for misuse of single quotes.
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Aye and then some.Rat Patrol wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:50pmNot in the style guides that you use if you actually want to get paid for your work.Inder wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:43pmI was surprised to learn it's standard in some newer/revised style guides.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
In my line of work, I can still legally give you 10 lashes for misuse of single quotes.
The missuz just informed me that a number of her colleagues (mis)use single quotes in the way I describe above. I don't recall any clients doing that, tho.
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Re: A Language Question For The Linguists
The MHRA, which is standard in the UK, requires single quotes.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:55pmAye and then some.Rat Patrol wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:50pmNot in the style guides that you use if you actually want to get paid for your work.Inder wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 6:43pmI was surprised to learn it's standard in some newer/revised style guides.Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Oct 2017, 5:30pmWhen the fuck did North Americans start using single quotes? Student after student for the last six years turn in stuff where, if they aren't quoting something directly, they use single quotes. Stuff like scare or snark quotes, they use singles. Who the hell is teaching them this? We fought or negotiated our way free of the Limeys to use double quotes, dagnabbit!
In my line of work, I can still legally give you 10 lashes for misuse of single quotes.
The missuz just informed me that a number of her colleagues (mis)use single quotes in the way I describe above. I don't recall any clients doing that, tho.
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But that's the standard distinction between British rules and Canadian and American rules. I grew up knowing that in Canada we use double quotes for everything (except a quote within a quote). It's this recent, I guess distinction of quotation mark usage that I don't get. Quote JFK and they use doubles. Right. But for scare or snark quotes, where there's nobody actually being quoted—e.g., Trump is an ‘inspiring leader’—and they use singles. I have no idea where that's coming from.
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Ah yes. I think I misunderstood your point.
The obvious solution is go into your next lecture/seminar wearing these earrings:
The obvious solution is go into your next lecture/seminar wearing these earrings:
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It might put the Billy Corgan thing to the grave …
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Shouldn't Billy Corgan be in quotation marks? After all he is history"s biggest monster.
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The end of liberty
We're the flowers in the dustbin...
No fuchsias for you.
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