# Horribly Misread Headlines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-misread-headlines/262230>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 30, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-misread-headlines/262230 "2004-08-30T14:10:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-misread-headlines/262230/1 "2004-08-30T14:10:21Z")

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Today from the AP:

[Kremlin Choice Wins Chechnyan Election](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20040830/ap_on_re_eu/russia_chechnya_election)

Sure takes on a whole new meaning when you’re an idiot and read it as “Gremlin Choice wins Chechnyan election.”

Munch (to self): The guy’s name is ‘Gremlin Choice’?!? How could he possibly _lose_ an election with that name?"

:smack:

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**Author:** ![rowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@rowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowe)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-misread-headlines/262230/2 "2004-08-30T22:02:21Z")

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A guy in my old dorm once had this headline posted up, possibly from the university newspaper:

“The Pen is mightier than the sword”

But the space between “Pen” and “is” was VERY small, making it appear almost as one word

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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-misread-headlines/262230/3 "2004-08-30T23:14:42Z")

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I thought that the subject line of the “Google Weirnos” thread right here in MPSIMS was actually called “Google Wuornos”.

I thought, that’s odd. Why Google a serial killer? 😕

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**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horribly-misread-headlines/262230/4 "2004-08-31T02:08:31Z")

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Not a headline, but something I was reading on CNN.

They had a bulleted list of things John Kerry wants to do. One of them was:  
[ul][li]Modernize the military[/ul][/li]However, I didn’t read that. I read:  
[ul][li]_Sodomize_ the military[/ul][/li]:eek: !!!

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