For those who are coming late to this thread, my initial post isn't me being brain-dead. Until our brilliant board admin Annette attacked the problem, this was quite vexing. The quote marks weren't quote marks at all, but something like "&qt" or something else unreadable by humans. Thank you, Annette and Folc4, for responding so quickly to this problem.
You heartily deserve these cheers. And now we can party on with our reading and posting!