18.08.03 grammatical pet peeves

Someone put the names of the conference rooms up today, in quotation marks.

Am I the only one who’s really bothered with people using “quotation marks” for emphasis, or for no good reason? Why is that so annoying? Is it because I know it will eventually be correct to use them for emphasis, or for the purpose of… what, artistic expression?

I should probably chill, but this touched a nerve anyway…

(From Bob the Angry Flower, thanks Chuck)