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"Items found in the "bathroom"

Perhaps it's in quotes because a lot of people say the bathroom when they mean the toilet. I'm not sure what is wrong with saying toilet.

And as for apostrophes …….

Wheniwasyourage

Ooh-er. Sorry Missus, but I'll call them what I want! And while I might use the term "quotation marks", I certainly wouldn't call them "quotes".

Sorry if you are offended but you are of course, free to call them what you like. 🙂. This is, after all, “Pedants’ Corner”. 😉

The terms “quotation marks” and “quotes” have been in use for many decades since keyboards came into our lives.

A person dictating a letter would also say “insert quotes” and “remove quotes” around specific parts.

I doubt if anybody under about 40 would know them as “inverted commas”.

Not quite the same thing, but I can't bear it when people are talking and suddenly waggle two fingers of each hand to indicate they are apparently talking in inverted commas.

I seem to remember some years ago hearing about some one, or a group of people, travelling around removing unnecessary inverted commas. This was mainly on menus, price lists etc. we have all seen them used there. Are ‘tomatoes’ really apples or ‘bananas’ really cucumbers?

Ooh-er. Sorry Missus, but I'll call them what I want! And while I might use the term "quotation marks", I certainly wouldn't call them "quotes".

Inverted Commas are called quotation marks or quotes these days. 😉

Hmm, yes, I suppose you might find some "bathroom" items on a dressing-table in a bedroom, or in a utility room (where all kinds of things live which don't have a home anywhere else.).

Yes, I've wondered why that has appeared on those threads too. I don't play on the alphabetical Games threads, so I assumed that the definitions of the rooms were a bit elastic and that's why the inverted commas were there..