Monday, July 14, 2008

Oh, Reuters...

Er, what?

Reuters has this headline:
Ian McKellen says used to get gay death threats
I'm not even sure what a "gay death threat" is. One written is fabulous handwriting?

Actually, to be serious, I thought he meant death threats from gays, which seemed odd. But on reading the article I found that they are "death threats due to his homosexuality".

I don't think that's what the headline conveys.

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At 7:34 PM, July 14, 2008 Blogger John B. had this to say...

I got the intended meaning, but it does seem to parse as "death threats from gays." I guess it could also be read with an antiquated meaning of "gay," but that wouldn't make any sense in context.

 

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