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[wwidsith]

I was delighted to see that a story about the world's hottest curry today was headlined by ITN as follows:

TEARS ON MY PILAU

A testament to the great tradition of nonsensical ingenuity on the part of British sub-editors. I remember when I had a French exchange student living with me trying and failing to explain to him the grammar and semantics of

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[rag_and_bone]

ha. you're killing me.

[desayuno_ingles]

Oh wow, that last one is amazing! The rag papers here always do that. It's put me off all but the most fantastic examples.

Such as, when covering an art installation of room interiors:

At Home They Are Tourists

I loved it so much that I emailed the journalist. She was pleased and said that's why they do it, for the few people who get it.

[ruakh]

Care to explain for the many people who don't? :-P

[desayuno_ingles]

Ooh, sorry! It's a play on a Gang of Four song title: At Home He's a Tourist.

It's cool that you asked!

P.S. I really like your journal title.

[ruakh]

Thanks! :-)

[zenithblue]

Oh my god, I haven't laughed that hard in ages. I might even read the American news if they came up with stuff like that.