The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
- The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
"The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks" is a weblog about the misuse of English quotation marks. The main author, Bethany Keeley, carries a camera phone around her town, taking photographs of signs, notes and advertisements that "misuse" quotation marks, usually intended as emphasis. The blog has six other official authors. [ [http://www.blogger.com/profile/08163733354894909762 Bethany Keeley's Blogger profile] ]
Readers often send in their photos of unnecessary quotation marks, along with a humorous comment that intentionally misinterprets the depicted sign. The blog was started in 2005, and after being featured on Yahoo! became an Internet phenomenon. [cite news |first=Jocelyn|last=Noveck|title=Blogger "exposes" Annoying Quote Abuse|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR2007092101247.html|work=The Washington Post|publisher=The Washington Post Company|location=Washington, D.C.|date=2007-09-01|accessdate=2008-06-26]
ee also
*Amphibology
External links
* [http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/ The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks]
* [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/funny_pages_20/2008/05/the-blog-of-unn.html "Los Angeles Times" article]
* [http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2008/09/24/national_punctuation_day.html "Atlanta Journal Constitution" article]
* [http://www.salon.com/ent/critics_picks/2008/04/19/419_425/ "Salon" article]
* [http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20070924/OPINION01/709240013/-1/opinion01 "Washington Herald" article]
References
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