10 Awesome Examples Of Unnecessary "Quotation Marks" (PHOTOS)

Quotation marks are awesome in general, but even more so when used "incorrectly." We've compiled a few photos from around the Web that prove this point, but also recognize that no one does it better than these guys.

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[katahuna]

My boss, at a cheese shop, once posted a sign that read: "fresh" cheese. He didn't get why we insisted he take it down. He still sends out "deals" to our clientele. Whatever happened to grammar?

[flamenco]

Good one...

That's it, I think!! In the user's mind the quotes are thought to be for emphasis, like bolding or underlining a word. If the many "literate" people keep doing this, it's job security for me! :)

[gfbunny]

That was ``funny``

[flamenco]

Yeah, this is a funny one. I first saw it when I was playing music in a restaurant, and a young waitress kindly made a sign for the gig, and best of all, put my name in quotes. I was thinking, wow, I have a stage name!

I'm not sure where this phenomenon came from. I generally just chalk it up to increasing illiteracy. But I enjoy it, just as I enjoy the inability of restaurants (including very expensive ones) to use apostrophes well in their menus.

[naschkatze]

My favorite--Thank "God" for the Troops. The irony is that it was probably written by some religious nut.

[hypnotoad72]

Now, what type of meat is being serviced? Who's doing the servicing? Or - arguably worse - does the sign imply, "serving"?

/ducksforcover

[Rapier]

They are funny. So is

http://whatstodo.us/ComedyShows.html

What were they thinking?

[fumes]

very ''funny''

[HuffDive]

"God" bless "America"

[csmcmillion]

Sarah Palin "disagrees".

[dj-MD]

My favorite is Margarita's because of the multiple mistakes (quotation marks AND the unnecessary apostrophe)!

[jnkekoa]

I deal less well with the inability of even "journalists" to correctly use apostrophes (as opposed to the pervasive idiocy of inappropriately used quotation marks).

[2pt]

Necessary quotation marks: Fox "News"

[KinkyGirl]

Yes! "News" you can "trust".

[BannedInBoston]

Yes. This is a correct use of quotation marks to indicate a word or words being used in a SPECIAL SENSE (in this case, meaning, "What certain people, mainly Fox executives, REFER TO as 'news'."

Ignorami typically use quotation marks in this way for emphasis where what they really should do is underline or italicize words for emphasis. I especially like the Thank "God" sign, where the quotation marks actually imply that what you expressing gratitude towards is "What some people CALL 'God'" (but what really may be chance, circumstance, or who knows what....)

[Hirnlego]

"Fair" and "balanced"

[mooph]

I wonder if "meat service" is a naughty euphemism.

[BannedInBoston]

(As the quotation marks would seem to imply.... Gotta order me up summa that there!)

[WhereIsTheTruth]

The only way to find out is to ring the bell...

[RiggyRiggs]

Good stuff.

[Horse Badorties]

Unnecessary quotation marks are even funnier when they appear on cakes. I guess that's because they are more "personal".

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/09/sarcasm-wow-thats-original.html

[BannedInBoston]

Just "married". (They may THINK they're married but wait till the honeymoon's over....)

[indiethink]

Great! Now where's the article pointing out 7 unnecessary uses of the word "awesome" in a headline?

[KinkyGirl]

Everything in HP seems to be "awesome".