Tuesday, September 04, 2007

don't "hang out"

This one is from Katie's laundry room. "hanging out" is a strange word to have in quotation marks, because it's such a broad term. Also, don't people "hang out" with a book while they wait for their laundry sometimes? Maybe they really mean no "making out."
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9 comments:

  1. Skye @ Planet Jinxatron4/9/07 9:30 AM

    Maybe they mean no hanging your laundry out on a clothesline?

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  2. Unknown4/9/07 9:56 AM

    No, I think this one's legit. "Hanging out" still counts as a slang expression. Think of a curmudgeon muttering, "there they are, the little hippies, with their 'hanging out' again..."

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  3. Anonymous5/9/07 12:54 PM

    If that's what they call "hanging out" then lock me up.

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  4. Anonymous6/9/07 1:00 AM

    Using quotation marks is a quick and easy handwritten substitute for italics. Putting "hanging out" in italics would not be inappropriate here, since the sign writer may consider it a colloquialism. Might as well just use the word "loiter" though.

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  5. Anonymous6/9/07 4:12 AM

    legit. No "hanging out" as you kids say.

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  6. Anonymous6/9/07 8:13 AM

    marimba said...

    Using quotation marks is a quick and easy handwritten substitute for italics.
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    I'm pretty sure that statement is in direct opposition to everything this blog stands for.

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  7. Anonymous6/9/07 1:55 PM

    Well, this blog "stands for" illustrating "unnecessary" use of quotation marks (I think) so I suppose you have a point - it's unnecessary to put them around "hanging out" but to do so is hardly ungrammatical, like so many of the other examples here.

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  8. Anonymous6/9/07 10:24 PM

    That is "true".

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  9. Anonymous7/9/07 2:13 AM

    I think this one is valid. They probably mean loitering, but are using the slang term "hanging out".

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