One of my pet peeves is people who put unnecessary quotation marks around words. Now, there is a blog dedicated to such perplexing punctuation mistakes--The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Quotation marks around a word or phrase that do not indicate a person speaking, are used to indicate irony. When people use them instead, for emphasis, interpreting the supposed ironic meaning behind the quotes can be a hilarious venture.
This is the idea behind The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks. Bethany Keeley, the blog's author, likes to reinterpret the meaning of signs that misuse quotation marks and speculate about their supposed irony.
One of my favorite misuses of quotation marks is when stores put their sale signs in quotes. So...its not really a sale? You are admitting that you jacked up the price artificially so that your "sale" is not really a sale? Because, that's what you are saying when you put "sale" in quotes.
Anyway, stop by Bethany's blog and have a laugh at the misused quotes.
The "sale" pic above is from The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks.
3 comments:
on blueberry hill.. what? oh sorry:) was singing that song:) how are you? :)
Fine, Marilena, how are you? One of these days I'll try one of your recipes. That bread looks beautiful.
:D "It" is!
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