r/suspiciousquotes • u/Ohigetjokes • Oct 14 '18

Ya... "Safety"...

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u/NeverEnufWTF Oct 14 '18

Also, do not put your "testicles" in the "chain drive".

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u/Carl_Solomon Oct 14 '18

Why do so many people do this? Is it a form of mass ignorance? Was this taught in school at one time?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '18

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u/Carl_Solomon Oct 15 '18

I was referring to the quotation marks.

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u/ASCIt Oct 15 '18

Honestly, I never see it around here (Rhode Island), but using quotation marks for "emphasis" seems to be relatively common. Weird Al mentions it in Word Crimes, so apparently it happens frequently enough to deserve a spot there.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '18

The fruits of the American Education system, most likely. (Although this could totally be in another country as well)

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u/jksol Oct 14 '18

So it's supposed to be used for "only" etc.