tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post924130703316654396..comments2024-03-22T08:04:05.869-07:00Comments on 魚之樂: 特首夫人的 air quotesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-65159071648707824642014-07-06T18:24:38.828-07:002014-07-06T18:24:38.828-07:00Sirius,
Thank you. I have British friends too and...Sirius,<br /><br />Thank you. I have British friends too and they agree with me that even the British do double air quotes rather than single air quotes.<br /><br />I think the facebook page you referred to shows precisely that most British people use single air quotes, for otherwise such advocacy would not make sense. And please notice that the page was set up in 2010 and so far there are only 91 likes.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-88083386837631495182014-07-06T16:11:59.888-07:002014-07-06T16:11:59.888-07:00Double air quotes are certainly more common. But ...Double air quotes are certainly more common. But I have seen people who use single air quotes, some even swear by it. <br /><br />eg. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Single-Quotes-Because-thats-the-way-british-people-do-it/145350775492719<br /><br />Sirius <br />英國居民Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-41017509307255202292014-07-06T11:37:44.496-07:002014-07-06T11:37:44.496-07:00原來她真的有用「所謂」,那麼,air quotes 便是多餘的。原來她真的有用「所謂」,那麼,air quotes 便是多餘的。W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-45488162568438117192014-07-06T04:57:18.093-07:002014-07-06T04:57:18.093-07:00Hi Horai,
Thank you for your reply at another blog...Hi Horai,<br />Thank you for your reply at another blog entry. As you said, "網遇隨緣定", but it is not propaganda if you put a link of your own blog in your Blogspot profile. Anyway, hope you'll change your mind. :)Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-36390726939756664482014-07-05T20:53:38.375-07:002014-07-05T20:53:38.375-07:00「海德公園合照」真係「此地無銀三百兩」,自作自受。
「海德公園合照」真係「此地無銀三百兩」,自作自受。<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-46545631239395827662014-07-05T17:41:59.407-07:002014-07-05T17:41:59.407-07:00老實講,一個人想自殺不會打橫,更很少會特地影低post上Facebook咁無聊。老實講,一個人想自殺不會打橫,更很少會特地影低post上Facebook咁無聊。Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06069368627567164105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-29808299890892040162014-07-05T17:17:15.183-07:002014-07-05T17:17:15.183-07:00Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkV...Check this out: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkVBCIH6vZU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkVBCIH6vZU</a><br /><br />Here are two of the comments:<br /><br />"Only RDJ can actually use one-finger air quotes and get away with it hahaha"<br /><br />"omg his air quotes are just one fingers!! so adorbs"<br />W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-20151541110379685492014-07-05T17:10:06.111-07:002014-07-05T17:10:06.111-07:00Ok, I would accept this as a counterexample, but t...Ok, I would accept this as a counterexample, but this does not show that my claim about air quotes is false. People would consider his way of doing air quotes strange. Of course, he is Robert Downey Jr. and looks cool no matter how he does it.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-72833020085078389702014-07-05T17:06:38.196-07:002014-07-05T17:06:38.196-07:00Oh please, she's not doing air quotes; she'...Oh please, she's not doing air quotes; she's using hand gestures to explain the difference between double quotation marks and single quotation marks.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-10723583980643444072014-07-05T16:51:05.122-07:002014-07-05T16:51:05.122-07:00如果連一個陌生人都認為這是自[自殺前求救信號],那梁太(1)不陪伴身邊協助心理輔導(2)高調再炒熱話...如果連一個陌生人都認為這是自[自殺前求救信號],那梁太(1)不陪伴身邊協助心理輔導(2)高調再炒熱話題,犧牲女兒保丈夫政治形象,那任何後果,梁太難辭其咎。任何[為女好]正當危機處理都會是保持緘默,公眾熱度,只有三分,一隻手掌在拍,有多響?現今兩手掌拍到。。。唉。<br /><br />梁小姐已成年,要全世界呵護你一成年公主? She chose to air her laundry in public, she did not expect consequences? Gimme a break!Horaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06715189567035745891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-42176173922120173782014-07-05T16:35:20.222-07:002014-07-05T16:35:20.222-07:00Of course, you can again insist that the woman in ...Of course, you can again insist that the woman in the video is not real:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xih0b8vWk0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-45634400668788327342014-07-05T16:32:50.529-07:002014-07-05T16:32:50.529-07:00This is Robert Downey in a talk show, not in a mov...This is Robert Downey in a talk show, not in a movie:<br /><br />http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5730myC6O1qablpd.gifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-3987800831951057142014-07-05T12:05:05.655-07:002014-07-05T12:05:05.655-07:00This too: "Air quotes are made by raising bot...This too: "Air quotes are made by raising both hands to eye level and flexing the index and middle fingers of both hands while speaking. Their meaning is similar to that of scare quotes in writing." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_gestures)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-84857665599027474062014-07-05T12:01:17.916-07:002014-07-05T12:01:17.916-07:00自殺前的求救信號都成為炒作新聞。尤如批評跳樓死者穿錯低褲。自殺前的求救信號都成為炒作新聞。尤如批評跳樓死者穿錯低褲。Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-81202378386681569692014-07-05T11:49:17.173-07:002014-07-05T11:49:17.173-07:00Oliver Twist asked for more food. He was reminded ...Oliver Twist asked for more food. He was reminded that he was an orphan, that an orphan has no father or mother.<br />That is cruel and mean because it is so unnecessary. I disdain people who earn money over other's pain/suffer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-89708656977067634312014-07-05T11:34:52.071-07:002014-07-05T11:34:52.071-07:00Please read :
https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/questi...Please read :<br /><br />https://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100101104545AA7LJGO<br /><br />on "How do the British do air quotes?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-50745426999588983972014-07-05T11:23:13.748-07:002014-07-05T11:23:13.748-07:00If you prefer British English, do you think that a...If you prefer British English, do you think that a well-educated British would do any "air quoting"? Ha !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-20929009820203496652014-07-05T11:17:40.552-07:002014-07-05T11:17:40.552-07:00//http://stupidcupidblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/...//http://stupidcupidblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/air-quote-rdj.gif<br />Welcome to reality.//<br /><br />- Interesting, but I am not sure this can be referred to as reality. Keep in mind that Robert Downey, Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes as a neurotic person with a lot of idiosyncrasies.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-66998672572291264242014-07-05T10:58:59.859-07:002014-07-05T10:58:59.859-07:00In British and Australian English, one typically u...In British and Australian English, one typically uses single quotation marks. If writing in North America, double quotation marks are typically used.<br /><br />If you use single quotations marks, then you should use double quotation marks for a quote within a quote. If you use double quotation marks, then you should use single quotation marks for a quote within a quote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-31788226964080247612014-07-05T10:50:37.585-07:002014-07-05T10:50:37.585-07:00No one does these "quote signaling" in f...No one does these "quote signaling" in formal speeches, but by saying "I quote", "unquote", etc.<br /><br />Don't you find your picture of single quote signaling unnatural?<br /><br />Don't you know that one uses double quotes first, then if needed, single quotes within the double quotes, as if in writing, IF you really want to nest these kind of quotes and doing stupid quote signaling?<br /><br />So... Did Mrs 689 signal a pair of double quotes prior to her single quotes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-83715872046017256092014-07-05T10:26:35.308-07:002014-07-05T10:26:35.308-07:00http://stupidcupidblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/09...http://stupidcupidblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/air-quote-rdj.gif<br /><br />Welcome to reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-70879576822832641512014-07-05T09:47:39.592-07:002014-07-05T09:47:39.592-07:00Typo: "in reality people used" should be...Typo: "in reality people used" should be "in reality people use".W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-27741451969363886112014-07-05T09:44:34.810-07:002014-07-05T09:44:34.810-07:00"I have never seen anyone signal the single q..."I have never seen anyone signal the single quotes. Has anyone?"<br /><br />I haven't neither.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-16222937922095515092014-07-05T09:39:13.893-07:002014-07-05T09:39:13.893-07:00Thank you for the information. Please notice the w...Thank you for the information. Please notice the words "perhaps" and "may" in the explanation. This is a theoretical explanation; in reality people used air "double quotation marks" only.<br /><br />I have just done a google search for the dictionary entry you quoted and found the following discussion: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/FingerQuoting/jvrqn/post.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.englishforums.com/English/FingerQuoting/jvrqn/post.htm</a><br /><br />Someone in the discussion asked: "I have never seen anyone signal the single quotes. Has anyone?" I would ask the same question.W. Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07161244576570372004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4010478591191633760.post-85443639274715187452014-07-05T08:50:38.493-07:002014-07-05T08:50:38.493-07:00"所謂"之餘再air quote會唔會redundant?"所謂"之餘再air quote會唔會redundant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com