Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I love "disco"


Gemma writes, "St Davids is the smallest city in the UK. Which explains why they only have one "disco".
To be honest, I think anyone after a good time would be better off going to the Pembrokeshire Craftsmens Circle Exhibition."

I especially like the single quotes around 'tonight'.  What night is it?  Why single quotes instead of double quotes?
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6 comments:

  1. Not quite the Bradys21/5/08 4:40 PM

    I like the overall ambiguity of it. It's sometime somewhere and there will be music. The big question is, does the music start at 2am or is that when it ends?

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  2. Anonymous22/5/08 10:51 AM

    It's single quotes because it's Britain, and that's the usage there--the UK uses single where the US uses double, and vice versa.

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  3. bethany22/5/08 10:53 AM

    really? So then the "disco" one is weird?

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  4. Anonymous22/5/08 10:53 AM

    And now I see that "Disco" is contained within double quotes. Welsh intransigence?

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  5. Not quite the Bradys24/5/08 1:29 PM

    Single, double, what difference does it make in the overall weirdness of it? "Tonight" and 'Tonight' are both not Tonight.

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  6. Ben25/5/08 12:23 AM

    Is that "disco" or "disgo"? Ambiguous indeed.

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