Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

21 Oct 2007, 0:41 a.m.

They're Everywhere

Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2007 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.

When ironic/sarcasm scare quotes meet signmakers who use quotation marks for emphasis, you have the "Quotation Mark" Abuse photo pool (found via every damn blog ever).

Comments

Halifax
21 Oct 2007, 13:11 p.m.

Driving through Florida, I passed a diner exhoring me to:

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Oh, no I won't!

Halifax
21 Oct 2007, 13:11 p.m.

Let me try that again:

Driving through Florida, I passed a diner exhoring me to:

Try our "meat" sandwiches.

Oh, no I won't!