What is Hand Quoting?
Hand quoting is a way to insert artifical seperation of a term or expression in a statement. In making the gesture, take the index and middle fingers of each hand and bend them rapidly inward towards the palm. Repeat twice to indicate quote and endquote. Accompany this action with a slower rate of speech or change in tone for added emphasis. For example: I don’t understand why some people have an (gesture here, raise and lower tone through phrase) “irrational phobia” of Unix like operating systems. What is Verbal Quoting? Verbal quoting is a way to indicate quotes without hand gesture. Say “quote”, then the phrase terminated with “endquote”. Voice modification is an added plus. For example: I don’t understand why a certain deodorant commercial for women says (say “quote”)”strong enough for a man but ‘pH balanced’ for a woman”.(say “endquote”) Smelling like powder must have something to do with pH. Tips ‘n’ Tricks 1. Abuse artificial quoting to the fullest. This is especially true at pa
