Zompist Bboard Again

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:18 am Lobster catch dropped in N.S. bay in years leading up to launch of Mi’kmaq fishery (Global News)

Not sure what's the garden path here.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:33 am

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:18 am Lobster catch dropped in N.S. bay in years leading up to launch of Mi’kmaq fishery (Global News)

Not sure what's the garden path here.

How do you read this headline?

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:28 am

Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:33 am

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 6:18 am Lobster catch dropped in N.S. bay in years leading up to launch of Mi’kmaq fishery (Global News)

Not sure what's the garden path here.

How do you read this headline?

For years, lobster catches in N. S. bay dropped; then, the Mi’kmaq fishery was launched. I'm not sure how else I could read it.

bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:21 pm Premier’s lover fixed pub meeting ministers refused

I can't parse that at all, what does it mean?

quinterbeck wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 2:46 pm

bradrn wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:21 pm Premier’s lover fixed pub meeting ministers refused

I can't parse that at all, what does it mean?

[Premier’s lover] fixed [pub meeting (which) [ministers refused]]

That is, the Premier’s lover fixed (=arranged) a meeting in a pub, said meeting having previously been refused by the Premier’s ministers.

Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:33 amFor years, lobster catches in N. S. bay dropped; then, the Mi’kmaq fishery was launched. I'm not sure how else I could read it.

A particular catch of lobsters was literally dropped into the Bay (which was how I began reading it).

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:02 pm

Raphael wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:33 amFor years, lobster catches in N. S. bay dropped; then, the Mi’kmaq fishery was launched. I'm not sure how else I could read it.

A particular catch of lobsters was literally dropped into the Bay (which was how I began reading it).

Oh. Interesting! Thank you!

First line of a friend’s social media post:

“I’m having some wood rot on my garage
[line break]
repaired today.”

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:36 am First line of a friend’s social media post:

“I’m having some wood rot on my garage
[line break]
repaired today.”

Is this making the point that parsing doesn't resolve ambiguity, as in the assertion that conspirators must hang together?

Richard W wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:53 am

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:36 am“I’m having some wood rot on my garage
[line break]
repaired today.”

Is this making the point that parsing doesn't resolve ambiguity, as in the assertion that conspirators must hang together?

I don't think the full sentence is particularly ambiguous, but the fragment I took in initially certainly was.

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:25 pm I don't think the full sentence is particularly ambiguous, but the fragment I took in initially certainly was.

The sentence first made me think of someone repairing broken hyphae!

Walmart removes guns and ammunition from store floors amid civil unrest
from Twitter. Having worked in retail I didnt even notice anything odd, but then i realized not everyone knows that "floor" is metonymic for "sales floor", i.e. the store itself. We could make a few other things out of this if we really wanted, too.

Odd that they didnt just use "stores".

edit: .... mmm, i just woke up. i think i see now why they wrote it that way .... Walmart is still selling guns, ... they just wont be on display like they have been in the past. hence they're still in the stores, just not on the "floor".

Just saw a good one:

A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail

Not a headline, but a post from the ZBB: From the Elections in various countries thread:

Moose-tache wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:14 am
In other election news, the Republic of Palau had their presidential election on November 3, between the president's current vice president, and his American brother-in-law.

From Twitter:

'People turn to custard and gravy in the pandemic.'

Not a headine either, but someone from the BBC recently said something like "the number of deaths from the coronavirus exceeded expectations".

McDonalds drink size TikTok video sparks outrage online (Fox News)

What's confusing about that one?