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| Did I Read That Right? | 02.21.11 |
What You Write is Not Necessarily What You Intended
Joan GillmanUnintended Meanings in Headlines
These are from actual headlines that appeared in the press
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This one appeared in the SGV Tribune. After a reader called in, it took the editor two or three readings before the he realized that what he was reading was impossible. They put in a correction the next day.
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No crap, really? Ya think?
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Now thats taking things a bit far!
What a guy!
No-good-for-nothing lazy so-and-sos!
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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I can see where it might have that effect!
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Ya think?!
Who would have thought!
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They may be on to something!
You mean theres something stronger than duct tape?
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He probably IS the battery charge!
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Werent they fat enough?!
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Thats what he gets for eating those beans!
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Do they taste like chicken?
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Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
Thatll teachm to be dropouts!
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Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is .
Did I read that right?
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