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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Using fingers
You are so "cute ".
I know that people use their fingers to mean the opposite and then, when I say this, do I have to use my fingers and it does not mean the opposite or people do not use fingers for sentences like that? Thank you so much as always and have a good day.
She said, "I love you."
I know that people use their fingers to mean the opposite and then, when I say this, do I have to use my fingers and it does not mean the opposite or people do not use fingers for sentences like that? Thank you so much as always and have a good day.
She said, "I love you."
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When you say that people "use their fingers", I think you're talking about "air quotes", where the speaker raises both hands and signals a double-quote symbol (the " symbol) with each hand, by holding up the first and second fingers, and flexing them once or twice. org/wiki/Air_quotes The use of air quotes does not mean that the person means the opposite of what he's saying. It means that the person is using words that are used by other people, but he doesn't think that those are the right words to use.
- When you say that people "use their fingers", I think you're talking about "air quotes", where the speaker raises both hands and signals a double-quote symbol (the " symbol) with each hand, by holding up the first and second fingers, and flexing them once or twice.
- org/wiki/Air_quotes The use of air quotes does not mean that the person means the opposite of what he's saying.
- It means that the person is using words that are used by other people, but he doesn't think that those are the right words to use.
- org/wiki/Scare_quotes They are not normally used for simply indicating a quotation or a phrase that was spoken.
- So I would not use them in either of your examples.
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When you say that people "use their fingers", I think you're talking about "air quotes", where the speaker raises both hands and signals a double-quote symbol (the " symbol) with each hand, by holding up the first and second fingers, and flexing them once or twice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quotes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quotes
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