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A 3x3 grid of images of signs.
Row 1: "Bees" Active In This "Area", Employee Must "Wash Hands", Entrance "E.R."
Row 2: "NEW" underwear 50p each, The "CLUNK" in the elevator... will not... .....harm you!!!, Beware of "Dog"
Row 3: "LIVE" Lobsters, "Women", "Restrooms" located on other side of building
v1als: unnecessary quotation mark appreciation board
prettypinkdork: There are few things as profoundly funny as unnecessary/ominous quotations.
Is that true? Or just "true"? I couldn't find a credible source for that with a very short search.
It's true in a sense that you can find examples of big companies and chains using them in such a way, even in national advertising and on products.
It was never part of any written standards to be used that way. But this situation counts more as communicating than language, and communication is whatever the people want it to be.
I think it comes down to people in any of the situations to make these decisions were never academics.
I know people who use "air quotes" to put "emphasis" on words if they are "trying" to make a "point"
But I don't know if that comes from people using quotes originally to do the same thing.