What is the correct syntax for list items that need to contain a quotation mark, etc?

[KaisoArt]

Apologies for the post mess. I'm now getting the hang of posting here. Mods fix as necessary.
The code for the script:

import Rhino
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import scriptcontext as sc


def setDetailScale():
    """
    this script changes the scale of a detail to a selected scale from a listbox
    version 1.0
    www.studiogijs.nl
    """
    
    detail = rs.GetObject("select detail", filter = 32768)
    if not detail:
        return
    detail = rs.coercerhinoobject(detail)
    if not detail.DetailGeometry.IsParallelProjection:
        return
    #modify the scale
    items = ['1/16"','1/8"','1/4"','3/8"','1/2"','3/4"','1-1/2"','1/6"','1:1']
    scale = rs.ListBox(items, "Select scale", "Scale detail")
    if not scale:
        return
    if scale == '1/16"=1\'-0"':
        intScale = 120
    elif scale == '1/8"-1\'-0"':
        intScale = 96
    elif scale == '1/4"':
        intScale = 48
    elif scale == '3/8"':
        intScale = 36
    elif scale == '1/2"':
        intScale = 24
    elif scale == '3/4"':
        intScale = 12
    elif scale == '1-1/2"':
        intScale = 8
    elif scale == '1/6"':
        intScale = 6
    elif scale == '1:1':
        intScale = 1
    
    detail.DetailGeometry.SetScale(intScale, sc.doc.ModelUnitSystem, 1, sc.doc.PageUnitSystem)
    #lock detail
    items = ["YES","NO"]
    lock = rs.ListBox(items,"Lock Detail/s","YES","NO")
    if lock == "YES":
        detail.DetailGeometry.IsProjectionLocked = True
    elif lock == "NO":
        detail.DetailGeometry.IsProjectionLocked = False
    detail.CommitChanges()
    sc.doc.Views.Redraw()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    setDetailScale()