The final word on "scare quotes," from the now-defunct, much-lamented
suck.com:
<http://www.suck.com/daily/2000/03/20/>
An almost on-topic excerpt:
The _Post Deskbook_ mentions that coined names in classical music need
quotes too: Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" Suite. Because of what we're
used to seeing in scare quotes, it makes it seem somewhat bumpkin-ish
to refer to that work that way — it's what you people who only listen
to classical music once a year call the "Nutcracker" — but in this
case it's appropriate and reassuring: Don't worry, readers, nobody's
nuts are really gonna get cracked tonight, even if it _is_ a ballet.
- Darcy
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