Zompist Bboard Again

fusijui wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:01 pm I love that one, Raphael!

fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:15 pm Another one from the Grauniad: "Cat killer sentenced to life for Oxford murder as part of sexual fantasy".

Raphael wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:31 am Having read the article, I now understand the headline, but it stills sounds weird to me that, when someone first killed a cat and then later a human being, the headline about them starts out by calling them a "cat killer".

Raphael wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:31 am

fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:15 pm Another one from the Grauniad: "Cat killer sentenced to life for Oxford murder as part of sexual fantasy".

Having read the article, I now understand the headline, but it stills sounds weird to me that, when someone first killed a cat and then later a human being, the headline about them starts out by calling them a "cat killer".

fusijui wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:52 pm Another one from The Guardian: ‘No evil’ Putin will not commit to hold on to power, Zelenskiy says

I initially took 'No evil' as being in apposition to 'Putin' (like if someone said "'Don't Be Evil' Brin"), which then directed me down the path of interpreting the rest of the headline to mean something like "Putin, who is against evil, is not going to strive to stay in office, according to Zelenskiy".

Which I could immediately see was not a sentence The Guardian would print, even if Zelenskiy would actually say it. But it took me a good fifteen minutes, including walking away and coming back later, to be able to see the intended parsing.

fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:01 am "Zelenskiy says that there is no evil which Putin will not commit, in order to stay in power."

I mean... I think that's it.

fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:01 am "Zelenskiy says that there is no evil which Putin will not commit, in order to stay in power."

hwhatting wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:20 am

fusijui wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:01 am "Zelenskiy says that there is no evil which Putin will not commit, in order to stay in power."

Without you pointing it out, I also wouldn't have guessed that reading. It would have been much easier if they had left out the quotation marks, or put them around the entire clause before "says Z".

fusijui wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:32 pm Victoria police will still be involved in public drunkenness cases after decriminalisation, documents say

A new Scottish law that criminalizes the “stirring up of” hatred against some groups has triggered a debate far beyond its borders, pitting rights activists who say it’s needed to fight a rising tide of harassment and violence against conservative celebrities and politicians who say the law threatens free speech.

Linguoboy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:31 am WaPo, opening with a classic garden path:

A new Scottish law that criminalizes the “stirring up of” hatred against some groups has triggered a debate far beyond its borders, pitting rights activists who say it’s needed to fight a rising tide of harassment and violence against conservative celebrities and politicians who say the law threatens free speech.