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To: grey_whiskers

You keep using that phrase, “scare quotes”. I do not think it means what you think it means:

https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/527032

But enough of this silliness. Another poster was correct when he pointed out all this derails from the topic at hand a little while ago.


516 posted on 08/29/2022 8:32:43 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: CatHerd

The first sentence at your link:

Scare quotes is a general term for quotation marks used for purposes other than to identify a direct quotation.

Troll.


518 posted on 08/29/2022 8:35:25 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: CatHerd
But enough of this silliness. Another poster was correct when he pointed out all this derails from the topic at hand a little while ago.

Hilarious coming from the master derailer herself. Do you even listen to yourself?

527 posted on 08/29/2022 9:03:59 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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