r/UnnecessaryQuotes • u/Tangwaap • Jul 29 '25

Do "Not" Touch

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u/Academic_Spread Jul 30 '25

I love how they wrote “pease” and added the L afterwards.

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u/Tangwaap Jul 30 '25

Didn't even notice! Cheers!

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u/willweaverrva Jul 29 '25

Open the door, get on the floor, please do "not" touch the dinosaur

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

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u/Tangwaap Jul 30 '25

I do know that. But this entire subreddit is only a thing now because using quotation marks for emphasis died out long ago. They're now generally only used to indicate a direct quotation, or (as in the conceit of the humour herein) to imply disingenuity with respect to information supplied by a real or putative third party, casting aspertion upon the validity of the words so enclosed. Thank you for the information.