tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post7869789582496344683..comments2023-11-16T17:56:09.323-06:00Comments on The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks: obviously, not as "hip" as this blogbethanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-60937718117461379812007-04-18T09:36:00.000-05:002007-04-18T09:36:00.000-05:00good point william, I had that suspicion, but was ...good point william, I had that suspicion, but was having trouble articulating it.bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14107862.post-3570613955610819642007-04-18T09:33:00.000-05:002007-04-18T09:33:00.000-05:00I'm guessing that this black and white "hip" YouTu...I'm guessing that this black and white "hip" YouTube banner ad is parodying the style and lingo of the 1940s, <A HREF="http://www.slate.com/id/2110811" REL="nofollow">back during the jive era</A> when usage of the word "<A HREF="http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhip.html" REL="nofollow">hip</A>" to mean "fashionable" or "cool" as we know it was just emerging. Imagine the ad reading with the tone, <I>YouTube is very "hip", as the kids would say these days.</I>William Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644680999111762542noreply@blogger.com