Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Fri May 29, 2015 11:17 am

This one just sounds bizarre in and out of context.

«Les arbres dangereux tueront, si rien ne change»

Why use "arbres dangereux" actively? It makes them sound like some sort of evil villain.

Dewrad · Post by **Dewrad** » Fri May 29, 2015 11:40 am

Viktor77 wrote:This one just sounds bizarre in and out of context.

«Les arbres dangereux tueront, si rien ne change»

Why use "arbres dangereux" actively? It makes them sound like some sort of evil villain.

Brevity?

KILLER TREES:

Thry · Post by **Thry** » Sat May 30, 2015 6:57 am

They want to mean endangered right xD?

No, wait, tuer is kill not die... wtf

Viktor77 · Post by **Viktor77** » Sat May 30, 2015 10:55 am

Thry wrote:They want to mean endangered right xD?

No, wait, tuer is kill not die... wtf

There is apparently a row of trees in Luxembourg that motorists keep driving into. So that's why they call them arbres dangereux qui tueront. Dewrad is probably right that it's because of brevity, but it is a ridiculous phrasing.

Salmoneus · Post by **Salmoneus** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:27 pm

From the forum:

Need someone to check my Spanish lyrics for English songs

*checks*
Nope, no English songs in those lyrics!

Thry · Post by **Thry** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:38 am

xDDDD come ooon

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:30 pm

Viktor77 wrote:
Thry wrote:They want to mean endangered right xD?

No, wait, tuer is kill not die... wtf
There is apparently a row of trees in Luxembourg that motorists keep driving into. So that's why they call them arbres dangereux qui tueront. Dewrad is probably right that it's because of brevity, but it is a ridiculous phrasing.

Remember that for most people in Luxembourg, French is not a native language, but a learned language, with probably a few idiosyncracies, not unlike India, but most probably less.

I'd have said :

"Ces arbres posent un danger et causeront des morts, si rien n'est fait."

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:04 am

Yiuel Raumbesrairc wrote:Remember that for most people in Luxembourg, French is not a native language, but a learned language, with probably a few idiosyncracies, not unlike India, but most probably less.

Whadayasay, I never knew they spoke French in India...

JAL

Sorry, couldn't resist.

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:45 am

jal wrote:
Yiuel Raumbesrairc wrote:Remember that for most people in Luxembourg, French is not a native language, but a learned language, with probably a few idiosyncracies, not unlike India, but most probably less.
Whadayasay, I never knew they spoke French in India...

On apprend chaque jour une nouvelle chose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_French.

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:15 am

linguoboy wrote:On apprend chaque jour une nouvelle chose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_French.

Donc c'est vrai??? Je suis laissé sans voix...

JAL

Yiuel Raumbesrairc · Post by **Yiuel Raumbesrairc** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:08 pm

jal wrote:
linguoboy wrote:On apprend chaque jour une nouvelle chose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_French.
Donc c'est vrai??? Je suis laissé sans voix...

JAL

I sorry I wasn't clear; my comment was not directed to Indian French, though I knew about the few Indian pockets. I was referring to the otherwise heavily accented English they have. Still, I'll rest happy that I got lucky with it.

Also, the Japanese seem to highly appreciate my English. I speak like a TV host, it seems. I must really sound like your average American TV host. Gods and Universes.

And to add on French; je reste sans voix...

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 4:49 pm

Latest on Hastert: Friend: Reinboldt 'nicest, kindest soul'

This just struck me as an especially awkward way to express that a friend of Steve Reinboldt, who is alleged to be the molestation victim Dennis Hastert was paying hush money over, told reporters he was a nice guy.

Bristel · Post by **Bristel** » Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:45 pm

"Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldT2g2qDQNQ

jal · Post by **jal** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:59 am

Bristel wrote:"Violinist linked to JAL crash blossoms"

You're just being jealous she's not linked to your crash blossoms!

JAL

Kereb · Post by **Kereb** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 2:30 pm

i imagine the crash blossom to be a flower that grows in the area where an airplane crashed, kind of like how morels come up after a forest fire, or those white flowers that grow on burial mounds in lord of the rings

Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:42 am

Here's a small but funny one:

Påven inför domstol för sexövergrepp.

It can be interpreted in two ways: pope-DEF before court for sex-abuse (i.e. the pope is being sued for sex abuse) or pope-DEF establish-PRS court for sex-abuse (i.e. the pope establishes a court that deals with sex crimes).

Btw, can we please change the name of this thread?

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:30 am

Qwynegold wrote:Btw, can we please change the name of this thread?

What do you propose?

Salmoneus · Post by **Salmoneus** » Sat Jun 13, 2015 5:56 am

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Qwynegold · Post by **Qwynegold** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:52 am

linguoboy wrote:
Qwynegold wrote:Btw, can we please change the name of this thread?
What do you propose?

The garden path thread. Or whatever makes it more obvious what this thread is about.

Thry · Post by **Thry** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:33 pm

I share the sentiment.

Salmoneus · Post by **Salmoneus** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:39 pm

Damnit, now I'm going to get confused whenever I open up this forum, and will have to try to remember what the new name is...

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:47 pm

Thread Name Change Vexes Dotty Mod

Post by **zompist** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:08 pm

And here I was hoping for "Whatever makes it more obvious what this thread is about".

linguoboy · Post by **linguoboy** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:44 pm

Because inside you there is a twelve year-old boy.

Salmoneus · Post by **Salmoneus** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:07 pm

MY inner 12-year-old (...well, let's be honest, the outer me is also pretty much mentally a 12-year-old boy, but anyway...) would rather couch that in proper literary dignity, as:

The Garden Path Thread; or, Whatever Makes It More Obvious What The Thread Is About
(; a Comedy)

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