"Quote-unquote," or when the written becomes the spoken

We can also use "quote-unquote" when we're simply quoting what someone else said. For example, you might say, "She said, quote, 'It's not you, ... 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DonateProperty Contests GrantSupport Schedule DailySchedule WeeklySchedule HowToListen DailySchedule WeeklySchedule HowToListen Arts&Life "Quote-unquote,"orwhenthewrittenbecomesthespoken MichiganRadio| By AnneCurzan, RebeccaKruth Published May5,2019at12:35PMEDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen•4:40 Inwriting,punctuationmakesiteasytoseewhenthewriterisquotingsomeoneelse.What'sinterestingisthatwe'vefiguredoutawaytoincorporatethatpunctuationintoourspeech.Thisweek'stopiccomesfromalistenerwhoaskedaboutsaying"quote"beforeaquoteand"unquote"attheend.Hethinks"endquote"makesmoresensethan"unquote."Whilethere'scertainlyanargumenttobemadeaboutwhichclosingismorelogical,thetruthisthat"unquote"isnowmorepopularthan"endquote."Wecanuse"quote-unquote"inspeechorwrittenpunctuationinanumberofdifferentways.Oneexampleisscarequotes.Awriterorspeakerwillusescarequoteswhentheywanttomakeitclearthatthey'renotresponsibleforaparticularphrase.Forexample,EnglishProfessorAnneCurzanmightbeginalanguagetalkwithsomethinglike,"Somepeoplebelievesplitinfinitivesarequote-unquote'wrong.'"Byusingscarequotes,Curzanclarifiesthatsheherselfdoesn'tnecessarilybelievesplitinfinitivesarewrong.Wecanalsouse"quote-unquote"whenwe'resimplyquotingwhatsomeoneelsesaid.Forexample,youmightsay,"Shesaid,quote,'It'snotyou,it'sme,'unquote."You'llnoticeinthesecondexample,thewords"quote"and"unquote"appearindifferentplacesinrelationshiptowhat'sbeenquotedthaninthepreviousexample.Eitherwayisacceptable.Youcanalsosay"quote-unquote"afterthequotedmaterial:"Hesaidhecouldn'tcome,becausehewas'busy,'quote-unquote.""Whatwe'reseeinghereisaspokenfeaturethathasdevelopedfromawrittenfeature,"saysCurzan."We'retryingtotakesomethingwecandoinwritingandfigureoutawaytodoitinspeech."CurzansearchedTwittertoseehowpeopleareusing"quote-unquote"intheirTweets.Shefoundexampleswherepeoplehaveactuallywrittenout"quote-unquote"foraddedemphasis.Howdoyouuse"quote-unquote?" viaGIPHY_ Tags Arts&LifeThat'sWhatTheySay Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email AnneCurzan AnneCurzanistheGenevaSmithermanCollegiateProfessorofEnglishandanArthurF.ThurnauProfessorattheUniversityofMichigan.ShealsoholdsfacultyappointmentsintheDepartmentofLinguisticsandtheSchoolofEducation. SeestoriesbyAnneCurzan RebeccaKruth RebeccaKruthisthehostofWeekendEditionatMichiganRadio.Shealsoco-hostsMichiganRadio’sweeklylanguagepodcastThat’sWhatTheySaywithEnglishprofessorAnneCurzan. 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