Confusing headlines

[Travis B.]

I didn't know that Florida Man was a congressman! That's not surprising though!

[alice]

Seen on a sign above the M9: "Don't drive tired". Potentially confusing for Americans?

[Linguoboy]

Seen on a sign above the M9: "Don't drive tired". Potentially confusing for Americans?

How so? I have never in my entire life heard or seen "tired" used as an adjective meaning "having tyres".

[Raholeun]

I assumed it was analoguous to " don't drive crazy".

[alice]

This is what too much conlanging does to you.

[zyxw59]

Texas high-speed rail project dodges bullet after budget rider dies

[Risla]

From this reddit post: "My GF's sister has fed her toddler crisps, multiple times while I was around."

[Pabappa]

Given that tater tots are a thing I can read that two ways ....

From drudge report:
Impact of Trump tweets on decline ( https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news ... he-decline )

Turns out it's headlinese and omits the "is" after "tweets"

I stopped reading the article when I got to this graf:
In November 2017, Trump’s interaction rate sat at 0.55%, later dropping to 0.32% in June 2017. As of this month, that it has declined to a 0.16% interaction rate.

More sloppy journalism , no surprise.

[Linguoboy]

GARBAGE HEADLINES SHOW BENEFITTING ADDICTION RECOVERY AND AWARENESS (AltPress)

[alynnidalar]

In madness lies truth...

[Linguoboy]

Contract Buying Robbed Black Families In Chicago Of Billions (WBEZ)

[Raphael]

From the Guardian:

Britons urged to help record influx of painted lady butterflies

[KathTheDragon]

What's confusing about this one?

[Salmoneus]

From the Guardian:

Britons urged to help record influx of painted lady butterflies

Oh, that's beautiful!

Kath: the sentence has two completely different meanings depending on how you parse it. And since in this case both sentences happen to be true, it's not entirely clear which one was meant...

[plus, 'painted lady butterflies' is a pretty little ambiguity in its own right, albeit one that's very clear from contextual knowledge]

[Raphael]

What's confusing about this one?

Is there a record influx of painted lady butterflies, and Britons are urged to help it along, or is there simply an influx of painted lady butterflies, and Britons are urged to help record it?

The actual article seems to indicate it's the latter:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... utterflies

[KathTheDragon]

Thanks for the explanation, Raphael. Thanks for trying, Sal, though you were completely unhelpful.

[zompist]

CNN: A spiraling glass walkway is opening in China

Is it now? Not sure I'd walk on it then...

[Linguoboy]

Not a headline but a blurb: "Ivanka Trump will call attention to issues that make it difficult for women in developing countries to prosper financially when she travels to South America in September."

[Linguoboy]

Celebrate Banned Books Week

[mèþru]

It took me a while to get what the ambiguity was

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