Obscure Box
Thoughts from inside the obscure box
November 3, 2009
Brave headline on the cup punt
It’s a brave sub that opts for a headline with so much potential for mispronunciation. So it was that the ABC posted a story it headlined “Cup punt not child’s play” on Melbourne Cup day (Tuesday November 3, 2009). I’m sure the linguists have a name for it; that move from the first word to [...]
November 1, 2009
Out of the iron lung and into the furnace
Those Google ads need a close watch. Look at this highly inappropriate ad that appeared on on a story posted on the Brisbane Times website, originally from the Sydney Morning Herald. The story “Dead after 60 years in iron lung” (Saturday October 31, 2009) told how June Middleton had died at a Melbourne nursing home [...]