Gratuitous "Quotation Marks"
Brian
A Flickr group dedicated to tracking down, but not stamping out, the rampant overuse of quotation marks in English-language signage around the globe. Finally. (Via BoingBoing.)Indexed by tags language, English, punctuation, quotation mark, signs, Flickr.
Image credits: "'Jesus' Is 'Lord,'" pjchmiel, courtesy Flickr, borrowed for news-reporting and comment purposes.
posted at 9:03 PM
2 Comments:
I think the highlight of my Stanford dining experience was this written over a large steel container of soup:
"BEEF" STEW
mmm, nothing like "beef"
Pass the Lord and praise the ammunition!
I am delighted to find this blog. I had just sent a memo to my corporate offices, suggesting that they ditch the quotation marks around "Setting The Standards of [sic] Aseptic Protocol" . I also suggested replacing the "of" with For.
I have personal favorites:
"Fresh" Fish [Oh, really?]
Under "New" Management
Se Habla "Espanol"
Best regards,
John Potter
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