The grammar police are not happy. The incorrect use of quotation marks has got them so riled they have inevitably taken to the web to expose offenders. One such blog, Very Suspicious Quotation Marks, has some "hilarious" examples that may set your teeth on edge

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"cheese" burgers
is correct for any fast food place, as it isn't really cheese, but "pasteurized process imitation cheese food" or that's what it says on the label.. so using "cheese" as a description is quite acceptable..
now the store that says made "fresh".... doesn't say made with fresh food, but was combined "fresh" in the store...
I laugh more at "fresh frozen"
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Fresh frozen means that as soon as a food item is brought in for processing it is frozen. It isn't refrigerated for some period and frozen later. It is very important when buying high end fish especially if used for sushi or sashimi.
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yeah I know.... but once frozen it's no longer fresh, and may have taken hours to freeze and may have thawed and refroze in between.. I would rather see "flash frozen" on the label
living on the coast, I am spoiled by "fresh caught" or "fresh off the boat" as the restaurants boast.. lol
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It's not quotation mark abuse, but the best sign I've ever seen is at Ephesus near Izmir, Turkey, in the area by the parking lot where all the merchants sell souvenirs.
GENUINE FAKE WATCHES.
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Yep. I couldn't help but look. Almost bought a Rolleks. I think it was made of genuine plastic with real faux gold plating.
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naugahyde has nearly caused the extinction of Nauga's.. you never see one in the wild..
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Sort of like "Real Faux Pearls".
faux (adj) - Bing Dictionary
- imitation: made in imitation of a natural material such as leather or fur
LoL! :D
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Rolleks...LLLOL!!! I want one, next time I go to Turkey that is...!
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Oh, thanks, Cat. I needed that.
Even without the "quote marks" the Do Not Put Anything in Toilet sign is pretty funny. I mean, what are you supposed to do? Put it NEXT to the toilet?
And at first I thought I wanted the Ring Bell for "Meat Service" sign at home, but then I read it in a different context and thought....maybe not such a good idea.
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And at first I thought I wanted the Ring Bell for "Meat Service" sign at home, but then I read it in a different context and thought....maybe not such a good idea.
LOL - I'd have to hide that sign just to get some sleep!
Ah grammar and punctuation. Who knew such things would be so important?
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and "Ridiculed" they shall be. I mean "why" would anyone use "quoatations" randomly to "create" emphasis. It almost "detracts" from what you are "trying" to do.
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I mean "why" would anyone use "quoatations" randomly to "create" emphasis.
I think the "intention" was to create "emphasis," not "create" emphasis.
But I could be "wrong."
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"I am 'Silly', aren't I!"
Note the random unnecessary capital letter as well. I love those.
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Don't get me started on capital and lower case issues. IT drives "Me" cRaZy.
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I know' what you mean' Shannoscubie. Why do people randomly insert those'?
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Why do people randomly insert those'?
Better safe than sorry?
I had an artist friend who made money painting shop signs in the UK. I caught her adding an apostrophe to TEAS (as in "Teas for sale") during the sketching stage and made her erase it.
I'm saving the world one apostrophe at a time.
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ROFL.. now this is why I enjoy newsvine.. luv you guys.. :-) peace
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Your welcome, Jimmy.
Naughty Shannoscubie! (or should I tea'se and say "NaUgHty" Shannoscubie?)
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Heh. I'm just taking that other article I saw to heart. You know, the one suggesting we should do something every day that we're afraid of? I'm heading for the wild side: today, I also ate leftovers. I might even forgo flossing tonight.
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I might even forgo flossing tonight.
Gasp! You REBEL!!!
You know, the one suggesting we should do something every day that we're afraid of?
Didn't see that article. I've been spending my day trying not to do (say) things of which I'm afraid of the consequences. My tongue really hurts from the repeated bites.
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I abuse apostrophes frequently. I'm never sure where to put them, so I put them everywhere. So no Shanno' can sue me.
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Just got through "killing" a spider's...Do Something you Are "afraid" of Accomplished!
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My tongue really hurts from the repeated bites.
I know what you mean. My hands hurt from sitting on them. But I comfort myself by imagining the pain is from dislocating a few jaws.
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I know what you mean. My hands hurt from sitting on them. But I comfort myself by imagining the pain is from dislocating a few jaws.
But seriously - if someone is kind enough to call themselves an idiot how can you help but agree with them? I should try that creative visualization technique & see if it helps. :)
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I buy broken gold?............looking for split adoms of gold, and I am not a scientist?.....nor am I looking for gold?...............How about........."Wanted"..broken minds for bi-polar research....How about I forget this and go on to some other vine topic...O.K.....Bye!
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Yeah for you Ivory Bill. You genius. I can Haz Chezburger! You no haz Chezburgerz'. What is the Capitol of France? Why do they call it swiss cheese if they make it everywhere? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? Why me lord? Why me?
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Why do you park in a driveway-- and drive on the parkway?
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Three times on the idiot box last night:
"I just can't take him serious."
"He doesn't take anything serious."
"She can't take her job serious."
Seriously? Gah!
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Oh, get this. My own SON says the word "tooken" sometimes. In the beginning, it was a slip-up but I think he does it now just to watch my eyes bulge.
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I went to look for some of my post, but they were tooken away. It was the most worstest day ever.
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I went to look for some of my post, but they were tooken away. It was the most worstest day ever.
Ah, don't take it personal.
**Another hated, often heard misused word.**
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I hear 'tooked' a lot. such as when kids cry "He tooked it from me!"
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If you folks like this seed, you're really going to like this site: Engrish.com
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Every time I see something about "hilarious signs", I cringe, wondering if someone did take a picture of it after all.
Years ago, we moved our showroom to a new location in the design district. Most of our clients are interior designers, but we sell to the public also...and wanting to make sure people knew we weren't a designer only showroom...we had our warehouse guy put up a sign (using those black plastic letters) right under our brand new store sign with our logo on it that said "Open to the Public".
The sign was up three days before we looked at it and realized he had left out the "L".
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I've seen those too. Sometimes its a matter of the wind or whoever put the letters in didn't put them in just so to prevent embarassing slippages. Or sometimes its not realizing that you're sign has lights out. In my area we have a Holiday in that faces out onto the highway and quite a few letters from "Holiday" were burned out for a couple days. I still wondered if their traffic improved for that time period.
When it happens to you, all you can do is shrug and laugh (and get it fixed asap :) ).
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Maybe you should do some Pubic Displays. That would surely drum up some business....LOL!
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LOL Jimmy. I think that requires some slightly different licensing from the county.
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Oh, well my bad. You could just refer to it as "Art". That covers everything.
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Ah yes, I can see it now: LIVE!!! ALL NATURAL!!! Georgia O'Keefe Complete Works Gallery Opening
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