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Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:26 am
by Zju
Massey University fat studies academic Cat Pause dies suddenly.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 1:34 am
by fusijui
Zju wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 7:26 am
Massey University fat studies academic Cat Pause dies suddenly.
I think we have a winner. We can close this thread down now.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:08 am
by hwhatting
Yes, that's really a gem.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 4:58 am
by bradrn
And, to make it worse, it looks like her last name is really ‘Pausé’.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:12 pm
by Man in Space
Courtesy of Ars Technica:
Fungus foils invading hordes of crazy ants, and that’s great for Texas
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 7:43 am
by bradrn
Building boss Googled can ‘investigators trace deleted WhatsApp messages’
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 9:31 am
by Raphael
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:43 am
Building boss Googled can ‘investigators trace deleted WhatsApp messages’
One quotation mark is one word too far to the right, but aside from that, I don't find it particularly confusing.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 10:09 am
by Travis B.
Raphael wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 9:31 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:43 am
Building boss Googled can ‘investigators trace deleted WhatsApp messages’
One quotation mark is one word too far to the right, but aside from that, I don't find it particularly confusing.
Agreed.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 7:50 pm
by bradrn
Raphael wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 9:31 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:43 am
Building boss Googled can ‘investigators trace deleted WhatsApp messages’
One quotation mark is one word too far to the right, but aside from that, I don't find it particularly confusing.
Ah, but that's the thing, because the quotation marks actually
are in the right position. ‘Can’ is not part of the quote.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 3:29 am
by Raphael
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:50 pm
Ah, but that's the thing, because the quotation marks actually
are in the right position. ‘Can’ is not part of the quote.
Huh? If that's really true, then I have no idea what the headline is supposed to mean.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 5:14 am
by bradrn
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 3:29 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:50 pm
Ah, but that's the thing, because the quotation marks actually
are in the right position. ‘Can’ is not part of the quote.
Huh? If that's really true, then I have no idea what the headline is supposed to mean.
First sentence:
SMH wrote:
A construction boss had screenshots on his phone showing a Google search that asked whether “investigators can trace deleted WhatsApp messages”, an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry has heard.
So ‘can’
is part of the quote, but not in that position. Better would have been something like
Building boss Googled if ‘investigators can trace deleted WhatsApp messages’.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 5:29 am
by Raphael
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 5:14 am
First sentence:
SMH wrote:
A construction boss had screenshots on his phone showing a Google search that asked whether “investigators can trace deleted WhatsApp messages”, an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry has heard.
So ‘can’
is part of the quote, but not in that position. Better would have been something like
Building boss Googled if ‘investigators can trace deleted WhatsApp messages’.
Ah, thank you. I completely agree with your proposed alternative.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 9:56 am
by Travis B.
Raphael wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 5:29 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 5:14 am
First sentence:
SMH wrote:
A construction boss had screenshots on his phone showing a Google search that asked whether “investigators can trace deleted WhatsApp messages”, an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry has heard.
So ‘can’
is part of the quote, but not in that position. Better would have been something like
Building boss Googled if ‘investigators can trace deleted WhatsApp messages’.
Ah, thank you. I completely agree with your proposed alternative.
That's a better wording, and that's how I interpreted it originally (with the moved quotation mark).
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 4:03 am
by bradrn
From a live blog, but a headline nonetheless:
Dirty tricks aimed at teals focus of electoral integrity taskforce
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 8:43 am
by Raphael
So the teals were running in the election, and their opponents used or tried to use dirty tricks against them, and now the electoral integrity taskforce is on the case?
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 8:37 pm
by bradrn
Raphael wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 8:43 am
So the teals were running in the election, and their opponents used or tried to use dirty tricks against them, and now the electoral integrity taskforce is on the case?
Yes, exactly. But it took me a while to get there.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 7:24 am
by Raphael
bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 8:37 pm
Raphael wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 8:43 am
So the teals were running in the election, and their opponents used or tried to use dirty tricks against them, and now the electoral integrity taskforce is on the case?
Yes, exactly. But it took me a while to get there.
Well, now I'm completely bewildered. You see, I had to look up "teals", and judging from the results of quick web searches, it seems to mean certain types of ducks. Were ducks running in an election?
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 8:35 am
by bradrn
Raphael wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 7:24 am
bradrn wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 8:37 pm
Raphael wrote: ↑Sun May 08, 2022 8:43 am
So the teals were running in the election, and their opponents used or tried to use dirty tricks against them, and now the electoral integrity taskforce is on the case?
Yes, exactly. But it took me a while to get there.
Well, now I'm completely bewildered. You see, I had to look up "teals", and judging from the results of quick web searches, it seems to mean certain types of ducks. Were ducks running in an election?
Huh, so it is a type of duck. I never knew that. In this context, however, it’s just a bit of Australian electoral jargon: numerous more-or-less-affiliated independent candidates are running in the current election, and due to the colour of their campaign posters, they have become known as the ‘teal independents’, or just ‘teals’ for short.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 9:05 am
by Raphael
Ah, thank you!
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 12:20 pm
by Raphael
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Metra trains on BNSF line not stopping at Clarendon Hills day after collision with semi killed a passenger
Took me a moment to parse that.