It’s been 21 hours since I witnessed someone repeatedly use air quotes

[HoneyDragon]

Who clearly had a limited grasp of quotation marks and I’m still really annoyed by it.

AIBU?

(I’m not)

(I want to dismember them with a blunt “haddock”)

I have a friend who air quotes all the time. Not just for quotes either. It used to irritate me but now I just smile to myself as its her and I love her!

I would "recommend" that yourself needs to relax about dimishing standards of grammer and shizzlel, HoneyD.

Though I nearly through the telephone at the wall this morning when someone told me to "contact ourselves for any further information" for friff sake.

Ugh ugh and thrice ugh.

No! Not unreasonable. My Dad's partner does this and it drives me nuts!
I work from home and she refers to it as my "work" - which is hugely rude in my opinion.

I have also been asked what time "dinner" is.

Putting air quotes around something can serve to make the item seem diminished or inconsequential plus its just damn annoying!

"Nice to see you" seriously, I couldn't resist rideforthehills but I am bloody horrible

I mean that's what I'd be saying to the Dad's partner

My five year old does this and it’s annoying enough! (And cute at the same time.) Not cute in an adult though.

Oh god. I walk past a garage daily which offers to MOT “Cars”. It gets to me every time, but seeing it done in airquotes would seriously do my quiche in.

You look a little fond of parentheses for my liking Honey.

MrsTP
Really? (Really?)
(REALLY?)

Chaos, now imagine they randomly air quoted ourselves for no good reason. Would you refrain from going to their establishment and hitting them with your telephone?

@chaos

“Yourself” and “myself” is perfectly acceptable in Ireland, due to links to the Irish language. I always feel I have to defend “myself” / “yourself” for some reason...

Excuse quite marks^^. I hope I haven’t made @op’s head explode !

They are asseptible quotation marks and do not discuss or appaul me.