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Monday, June 23, 2014

British Left Waffles on Falklands

and other unintentionally ambiguous headlines:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/magazine/31FOB-onlanguage-t.html?ref=magazine&_r=1&
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4 comments:

  1. Brian IveyJune 24, 2014 at 11:44 AM

    The best ambiguous headline I have seen, and have the cutting in my possession, is from the London "Daily Telegraph" of a few years ago - " Cuts in hospital chaplains attacked by Archbishop "

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  2. iemahzamriSeptember 30, 2017 at 10:25 PM

    May i know what meaning that can we take from this headline?

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  3. Katherine BarberOctober 1, 2017 at 2:37 AM

    It's supposed to mean "the politically left parties in Britain can't make up their mind about the Falklands War" but it could also be interpreted as "British people left waffles (pancakes) on the Falkland Islands"

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