On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 03:06:10PM +0100, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> E..g.: People talking a lot about ,War against Terrorism`these days.
> (irritating, isn't it? ;-)

They're called scare quotes in English.  Overuse is frowned up by the
powers that be, I think.

Jules

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