# New Ticket Created by Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev
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Code:
say ‘hello
Result:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Unable to parse expression in smart single quotes; couldn't find final "’"
at -e:1
------> say ‘hello⏏<EOL>
expecting any of:
argument list
smart single quotes
term
>From this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark (perhaps not
>the best reference, but still):
“The "smart quotes" feature in some computer software can convert vertical
quotation marks to curly ones”
“Curved and straight quotes are also sometimes referred to as smart quotes
(“…”) and regular quotes ("…") respectively; these names are in reference to
the name of a function found in several word processors that automatically
converts straight quotes typed by the user into curved quotes, attempting to be
"smart" enough to determine which typed quotes are opening and closing.”
There is nothing “smart” about these quotes in our case. In fact, I type these
quotes directly and am somewhat pissed off by the message (these quotes did not
get into my code accidentally because some software decided to change them).
I suggest to refer to them as “curly quotes”, this is perhaps the best way
(other ways would be “book” and “typographic”, but again this is a bit off).
