"The overuse of quote tags in subject lines" phenomenon

[Kodos]

"What's up with that?"

[KWhit]

I think the term you are looking for is "quotation marks" - not "quote tags."

[Kodos]

You say "Quotation marks", I say "Quote tags". I work in SGML all day, so it's "only natural."

[gottimd]

"What do you mean?"

[Kodos]

Alternate reply:

"Inconceivable!"

"I don't think that means what you think it means..."

[rkmsuf]

maybe you need a "laser"

[Chas in Cinti]

I never put whole "phrases" in quotes, but I do make those annoying hand "gestures" when I'm making a "point"...

-Chas

[fantastic flying froggies]

I think Darkiller started it with the "Lance Armstrong lie" thread.
And guess what, he used it because it was a, gasp, quote. It was in fact a direct quote of the newspaper headline...

[DanGarion]

maybe you need a "laser"


Like the "Cool" lasers they use for hair growth?

[Psmith]

I never put whole "phrases" in quotes, but I do make those annoying hand "gestures" when I'm making a "point"...

-ChasLol, I do exactly the same thing, and while I'm doing it, I think to myself, "Geez, I hate people who make quote marks... aaaa! Why are my fingers doing that???"

As for the quotation marks in print, my favorites are when stores put up signs saying "sale". As if it's not really a sale, and the quotation marks are there to prevent the store from violating truth-in-advertising laws.

[Peregrine]

One of the "funniest" sites I've come across in a while:

http://www.juvalamu.com/qmarks/


One example:

Seen on a bowling alley lounge door:

No One Under Age "21" Permitted