BBC and Quotation Marks
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:54 am
Here in the US, quotation marks that aren't around actual quotations are often called "scare quotes." Does anyone out there know what the Beeb means when it uses them?
Take, for instance, this:
I'm asking about the BBC specifically because I also read some other UK sites, and they don't use "" this way.
Take, for instance, this:
Some twenty-five people died. Doesn't that count as bloodshed? The way I read this sentence is that the fact of bloodshed is being questioned. Is there a BBC usage of quotation marks I don't recognize?Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders agree a truce to try to end the "bloodshed" of the last two days.
I'm asking about the BBC specifically because I also read some other UK sites, and they don't use "" this way.