Comments on: Unnecessary Quotation Marks

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:31:00 +0000

Chips, you made me laugh so hard, I dropped my pancreas!!

By: Bluebunny

Bluebunny — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:25:05 +0000

Chips – you just made me snort. “As said by bunnies” – hilarious!

By: Chips O'Toole

Chips O'Toole — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:38:18 +0000

enjoy it. it throws people off, and hopefully they’ll stop it forever.

unless things were actually said by happy bunnies.

By: Greater Czarina

Greater Czarina — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:55:44 +0000

I must applaud Chips. Henceforth, instead of using air quotes, I shall simply say, “As said by bunnies.” Loves it!

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:54:55 +0000

If the owner actually said, “We put ourselves out to let you in,” as part of a conversation with a customer or during a press conference, then I will cede that it should be quoted. Although it would be nice to see the source credited, just so I don’t confuse it with a quote from Tolstoy or Francis Bacon.

Unfortunately, it sounds an awful lot like a gimmicky slogan created either by a marketing professional or somebody pretending to be a marketing professional — in which case, I don’t believe quotes are necessary.

By: Soosan

Soosan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:46:38 +0000

This reminds me of the Friends episode where Joey kept using the air quotations wrong. funny funny “stuff”

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:34:09 +0000

I understand that a slogan doesn’t need to be quoted, but the fact remains that if it’s being presented as a direct quote from the company owner, it should definitely be quoted.

I do not think that the listing on the Wimpy’s menu for fish and chips needs to be followed by this: “It’s a half a pound!” But I can’t necessarily fault it for being anything other than cheesy. However, the part where they say The reason they’re still commin’ back! makes me want to fuse my cutlery with my eyeball.

By: freakgirl

freakgirl — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:13:23 +0000

Is the “grammer” typo ironic or just a happy coincidence?

By: Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:09:29 +0000

"Ironic Doom." - from Frisky Dingo. Enjoy.

By: GeekBoy

GeekBoy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:59:26 +0000

I think the point is that a slogan shouldn’t really need to be quoted. Although you commonly see it done, it’s never really made sense to me. What use do the quotes serve in this case? To let me know that you’re telling me something about your company? Well, no crap — it’s on the side of your van, under your company name, of course you’re telling me something.