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Why the scare quotes? I think we can be pretty confident that Iran did not do this on purpose.

• deleted 7y ago
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• flyingcroissant 7y ago
  It’s a quote. They’re not scare quotes.
• ComputerGuru 7y ago
  Every time a BBC link is posted this comes up. BBC does not use scare quotes but BBC prefers (requires?) important/central descriptive or modifiers to be directly quoted, even when they’re single words.
  • smnrchrds 7y ago
    This is not a BBC link (British Broadcasting Corporation). It is from CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
  • dilap 7y ago
    Headline: HN user dilap claims BBC quoting style is “confusing” Subhead: Offers “thanks” to ComputerGuru
    • ComputerGuru 7y ago
      I think the Onion does the same thing ;)