Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
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TONIGHT, 10pm ET: Donald Rumsfeld on the impact of Trump and Bush 43’s scathing remarks on "The Ingraham Angle."
G Apptlys somethings that was on fox news tonight
Can see at least 3 readings here...
G Apptlys somethings that was on fox news tonight
Can see at least 3 readings here...
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I can only see one, which makes sense so I presume it's the intended reading.
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I can get eight.
Any combinations of:
(various topics) (on the talk show) vs. ...(remarks on the talk show)
topics = (Donald Rumsfeld on Trump) and (Bush's remarks) vs. topic = Rumsfeld on (Trump-impact + Bush-remarks)
(impact-of-Trump) and (Bush's remarks) vs. impact of (Trump and Bush)'s remarks
Any combinations of:
(various topics) (on the talk show) vs. ...(remarks on the talk show)
topics = (Donald Rumsfeld on Trump) and (Bush's remarks) vs. topic = Rumsfeld on (Trump-impact + Bush-remarks)
(impact-of-Trump) and (Bush's remarks) vs. impact of (Trump and Bush)'s remarks
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Seems right to me, though I only instinctive saw three. And the one I instinctively went with is, on reflection, probably not the correct one, so... good garden path, Soap!zompist wrote:I can get eight.
Any combinations of:
(various topics) (on the talk show) vs. ...(remarks on the talk show)
topics = (Donald Rumsfeld on Trump) and (Bush's remarks) vs. topic = Rumsfeld on (Trump-impact + Bush-remarks)
(impact-of-Trump) and (Bush's remarks) vs. impact of (Trump and Bush)'s remarks
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
I can also come up with two meanings for "pm" and "ET."
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Just seen some headline talking about someone being:
taken to hospital 'in a bad way'
which both confused and amused me... (is there a good way?)
And this one isn't the writer's fault, but I came across a programme on my TV guide entitled:
Killer Women with Piers
...but sadly, I think they just missed out the last word, and it's Piers Fucking Morgan Again, instead of the world's most specific murder documentary ever.
taken to hospital 'in a bad way'
which both confused and amused me... (is there a good way?)
And this one isn't the writer's fault, but I came across a programme on my TV guide entitled:
Killer Women with Piers
...but sadly, I think they just missed out the last word, and it's Piers Fucking Morgan Again, instead of the world's most specific murder documentary ever.
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
When I first read that I wondered how the fuck do you kill someone with a pier?
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
Easy: all that concrete weighs a lot. Just drop it on top of the victim.
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!
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Or saw it off at one end?
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With lasers of course.Vijay wrote:Or saw it off at one end?
ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!
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Re: Confusing headlines and other trips down the garden path
That would make more sense than with a saw, which was what I was actually thinking.mèþru wrote:With lasers of course.Vijay wrote:Or saw it off at one end?
"...what are you doing??"
"Oh, I'm, uhh, 'making necessary repairs to' this pier."
" Let me see that saw."
"Back the fuck off and nobody gets hurt for the time being!"
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I picture this two ways - one being that someone cuts off part of the pier for use as a weapon, and two being that someone causes the pier to collapse to put whoever is on the pier in the water, neither of which seems like a very efficient way of killing people.
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
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The women don't necessarily kill with piers - they just have piers.
Anyway, on another tragic note:
Two men pulled from freezing burn near Errol
Anyway, on another tragic note:
Two men pulled from freezing burn near Errol
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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From the Guardian:
"Six dogs rescued from Liverpool multistorey car park gutted by fire"
"Six dogs rescued from Liverpool multistorey car park gutted by fire"
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I know they're trying to emphasize the rescue, but the overarching story seems to be the fire that mandated the rescue. Thus, "Liverpool Multistorey Car Park Gutted by Fire" should be the main headline with "Six Dogs Rescued" as the subheadline.Raphael wrote:From the Guardian:
"Six dogs rescued from Liverpool multistorey car park gutted by fire"
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I assume that the car park fire had already been featured, and the rescue story is a follow-up.yangfiretiger121 wrote:Thus, "Liverpool Multistorey Car Park Gutted by Fire" should be the main headline with "Six Dogs Rescued" as the subheadline.
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Oh, that's too bad: those six dogs were rescued from a car park, but later a fire eviscerated them! Or someone eviscerated them with fire, I don't know.
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Much as with the poor men burned near Errol, who must have been badly traumatised (Errol, that is, not the men).Ryusenshi wrote:Oh, that's too bad: those six dogs were rescued from a car park, but later a fire eviscerated them! Or someone eviscerated them with fire, I don't know.
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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When I first read:
Australia lay platform to take control
...I assumed it was a religious story.
Australia lay platform to take control
...I assumed it was a religious story.
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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A recent tweet from the BBC says "Gay marriage: Couple among first to wed in Australia" and links to an article with the headline "Gay couple among first to wed in Australia". Neither of which is all that surprising, if you think about it. I mean, people usually don't marry themselves, so of course a "couple" is "among first to wed" under Australia's new marriage equality law. And since the relevant change in the law is about allowing gays and lesbians to marry, it's not really surprising that one of the first couples to marry under the new law is a gay couple, either. What's next, a headline saying "Tennis Player Wins Wimbledon"?
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California mudslides race to find missing
Seems to be imputing a bit too much intent to the mudslides, I think...
Seems to be imputing a bit too much intent to the mudslides, I think...
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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It took me a moment to realise there wasn't a grammatical error in this front-page headline from the Sun:
MARRIED MP BONE'S PHYSIO LOVER
MARRIED MP BONE'S PHYSIO LOVER
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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!
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There's an MP called "Bone" who has a "physio lover" (presumably a therapist or the like)?Salmoneus wrote:MARRIED MP BONE'S PHYSIO LOVER
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I've looked up the news story in question, and that interpretation appears to be correct. Peter Bone, an MP, has left his wife for a physical therapist (who apparently is also married).
I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.
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