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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 2 of 2 1 2 Re: worst headline of the last century? #112044 09/17/03 02:59 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >(sink gunboat) and hole cruiser.. that is, they put a hole in it but it hasn't sunk (yet). -ron o. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worst headline of the last century? #112045 09/17/03 03:39 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA J JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA I recalled seeing a list of humorous headlines long ago and in my search came across this site: <http://www.ccl.umist.ac.uk/teaching/material/headlines-ans.html> One headline included in this collection also relates to the Brit/Argie conflict: BRITISH LEFT WAFFLES ON FALKLANDS Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British Left Waffles #112046 09/17/03 03:58 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Of course, that had to be an USn headline or it wouldn't have been ambiguous. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worst headline of the last century? #112047 09/17/03 04:12 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky It's parallel to the verb sink: Our lads sink gunboat and hole cruiser Ah--headline English! Got it (finally), thanks! Re: JH's headline--did they leave any syrup, too? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worst headline of the century? #112048 09/17/03 04:26 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 I would like to go on record as saying that I think it's parbly a tad early to be picking the century's ---st anythang. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: worst headline of the last century? #112049 09/17/03 06:18 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Re:did they leave any syrup, too? I've never heard of putting grenidine on waffles! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: British Left Waffles #112050 09/17/03 09:57 PM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA J JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA An interesting thing about the site which lists the headlines (a Brit site, by the way) is that it is used as a grammar teaching tool, explaining in grammatical terms why each of the headlines is subject to humorous interpretation. In the case of the British Waffles: "BRITISH LEFT WAFFLES ON FALKLAND ISLANDS Double category ambiguity (noun vs verb) for left and waffles. Of interest is that to an American reader, the sentence is not ambiguous, but bizarre, since American English does not have a verb waffle meaning 'prattle', so the only possible reading is the one where left is the verb." (Not sure we'd get agreement on that statement, since I have heard the term "waffle", connoting vacillation, all my American adult life) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 2 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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