December 17, 2007, 11:32
dalehilemanTurmoil
WORLD headline, Victorville CA Daily Press Dec. 17:
Fear of new turmoil
dogs vote in Kyrgyzstan
Perhaps we’d have a better government if dogs voted also in the U.S.
December 17, 2007, 12:03
zmježd Fear of new turmoil dogs vote in Kyrgyzstan.I take it that dog is a verb, the carriage return was persiflage, and the lack of period (or full stop across the pond) was dahilian.
December 17, 2007, 12:27
tsuwmyour analysis seems okay, except I've never seen a full stop in a headline.
December 17, 2007, 12:29
dalehilemanzm, yes and no. The headline is reproduced exactly as it appeared, but I fear we are spoiling its humorous value by analyzing it in such detail
December 17, 2007, 12:54
zmježd but I fear we are spoiling its humorous value by analyzing it in such detailWelcome to my private dahilian bardo. All food has lost its taste; all words have lost their meaning. Everything is permitted; nothing is allowed. A sausage for an algorithm; a peck of sniff for a hundredweight.
La!December 17, 2007, 14:10
dalehilemanzm, alas, that's what I get for turning in my credetials as a prescriptivist