The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks- Bethany Keeley

Readers submit photos of oddly used quotation marks spotted primarily in public places. They are posted with snarky commentary from blogger and readers.

I’m a full time graduate student in rhetoric and a part time research assistant. The blog is my hobby.

I found unnecessary quotation marks amusing and thought it would be funny having a blog devoted to it. I guess other people think it’s pretty funny too.

I started it in summer ‘05, so about two years. I started getting more regular submissions about 6 months ago.

it varies, I would say an average day is around 500, a quiet day around 200. When the AP did a story about my blog I got something like 20,000

I have not yet made any money from my blog. I just added some ads, and they seem to be working alright. I don’t spend any money on the blog either, although it is taking more and more of my precious time!

People who like language and to play with language; people who like to laugh about everyday things like punctuation.

maybe an hour? I do it in dribs and drabs when I have a spare minute. I try and keep it efficient.

If you think my blog is funny you should subscribe. You’ll see a few amusing examples every day. It’s not for everybody but it seems to be for more people than I thought.

Choose a narrow, specific focus and keep your material as consistent as you can. Also, blog about something you really find interesting because probably by the time other people start to notice it you’ll be a little tired of it.

This blog can be visited at http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com