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In British/International English air quotes are often used to emphasise something, and not necessarily as a sarcasm or BS indicator. Also what the hell do the

• thejbf 13y ago
  > In British/International English air quotes are often used to emphasise something. It's not entirely true that quotation marks used to be used to indicate emphasis outside the US. It's a wrongly practiced habit to have double quotes instead of using italics for phrases that requires bolder emphasis, and usually leads to misunderstandings.