tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post6073998879465539697..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Soon, All Words Will Be Quotedgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-25765612029536809452013-02-01T00:01:16.258-05:002013-02-01T00:01:16.258-05:00Yes, they do. I think they got that from Zagat rev...Yes, they do. I think they got that from Zagat reviews, where real quotes are extracted in such extremely brief form that they look like emphasis. ('This little Manhattan bistro has "great prices" in an "uber cool atmosphere," while adding in "innovative" dishes' -- in Zagat, those would all be real quotes, but now q. marks LOOK like a way to emphasize good stuff about your business, don't they?)<br /><br />But would you italicize the apartment numbers in a note to the FedEx guy? I can't see me doing that. He's not an idiot: he's not going to ignore the one really important part of the note if you don't emphasize it.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-30098063327884990052013-01-31T22:41:05.745-05:002013-01-31T22:41:05.745-05:00I'm convinced that many people think quotation...I'm convinced that many people think quotation marks are emphasis marks (in the same sense that the underscores around _this phrase_ indicate emphasis).shonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369367271546487712noreply@blogger.com