Two in one day! This one isn’t from a newspaper, but manages to be tremendously confusing all the same:
A portable Common Lisp toolkit for building inspectors
(As one commenter put it, ‘I was excited to learn how building inspectors were using Common Lisp’…)
Confusing headlines
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When I first read the text in bold, before I read the text in parens I reacted in much the same fashion.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka ha wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate ha eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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On an advert - DIY or Do It For Me
Granted I'm not confused about what they mean, but it reads horrendously
Granted I'm not confused about what they mean, but it reads horrendously
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Courtesy of News Channel 5, WEWS:
'What a tragedy for Cleveland': Firefighters battle historic Tremont church fire
Is the church itself historic or is this a blaze of hitherto unforeseen intensity? (Or are we talking about the vintage section of Tremont?)
'What a tragedy for Cleveland': Firefighters battle historic Tremont church fire
Is the church itself historic or is this a blaze of hitherto unforeseen intensity? (Or are we talking about the vintage section of Tremont?)
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And is it a tragedy that the firefighters are battling the poor fire?Man in Space wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 7:44 am Courtesy of News Channel 5, WEWS:
'What a tragedy for Cleveland': Firefighters battle historic Tremont church fire
Is the church itself historic or is this a blaze of hitherto unforeseen intensity? (Or are we talking about the vintage section of Tremont?)
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Not a headline - from the Irish Times liveblog of the Irish local election count:
In the Killiney-Shankill electoral area, first time candidate Roland Kennedy a Fórsa trade union organiser and cafe owner and former Cllr Dave O’Keeffe are battling it out for every single vote.
I'm still not sure which of the two is the cafe owner.
In the Killiney-Shankill electoral area, first time candidate Roland Kennedy a Fórsa trade union organiser and cafe owner and former Cllr Dave O’Keeffe are battling it out for every single vote.
I'm still not sure which of the two is the cafe owner.
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My guess is it’s Kennedy. How I parse this:
In the Killiney-Shankill electoral area, [first time candidate Roland Kennedy[,] a Fórsa trade union organiser and cafe owner][,] and [former Cllr Dave O’Keeffe] are battling it out for every single vote.
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This was my initial guess too, but you can rebracket the conjunctions:Man in Space wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2024 4:26 pmMy guess is it’s Kennedy. How I parse this:
In the Killiney-Shankill electoral area, [first time candidate Roland Kennedy[,] a Fórsa trade union organiser and cafe owner][,] and [former Cllr Dave O’Keeffe] are battling it out for every single vote.
In the Killiney-Shankill electoral area, [first time candidate Roland Kennedy[,] a Fórsa trade union organiser][,] and [cafe owner and former Cllr Dave O’Keeffe] are battling it out for every single vote.
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