English can be a funny language, especially when people misuse its elements publicly. There are many words that sound hilarious when used in the wrong place, and even the wrong use of punctuation can have funny results. Quotation marks are supposed to be used to highlight content spoken by other people and to designate speech acts in fiction, but people tend to misuse quotation marks a lot of times. Sometimes they are misused to highlight certain words or to make a point. When this happens in a public setting, it can be a lot of fun for people around. Here is a list of 10 signs that badly misused quotation marks.
The Carpet Store
This looks like the kind of sign you would put up if you have a money laundering front, but you wanted to be cheeky about it.
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