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Thursday, October 30, 2008
The "Blog" of Unnecessary "Quotation Marks"
This "blog" records all those irritating "notices" that use "quotation marks" when they shouldn't.
That reminded me of a shop in Wimbledon that declares that 'Shoplifters will be persecuted'!
ReplyDeleteApostrophes are my favourite.I used to live opposite a new's agent.
ReplyDeleteOther fun blogs that collect annoying signs include Passive Aggressive Notes.
ReplyDeleteA shop near me was offering ... Xmas reef's.
ReplyDeleteAdmittedly no quotation marks, but it took me a moment or two to work it out.
An Indian restaurant near my workplace proudly presents the results of its "Independent" customer opinion survey in the window...
ReplyDeleteI blogged a few years ago on a sign that is still there warning 'Beware of the "dog"'
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