# Misinterpreted thread titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/481 "2026-10-15T20:18:32Z")

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Lol, i fixed it (before posting, i think) but my phone originally put jewelry in there.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/482 "2026-10-15T20:19:47Z")

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My eyeballs put the “L” back in there.  
😜

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/483 "2026-10-15T21:30:58Z")

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> [@ThelmaLou](#):
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> I read this as Ashkenazi _JEWELRY_.

Thus recreating in spirit a classic Gilda Radner skit with Emily Litella commenting about Soviet Jewry.

_“Oh… well that’s different… never mind!”_

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/484 "2026-10-15T23:09:42Z")

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And this convo belongs in the _misread_ thread titles thread. Not here.

Looks like @ThelmaLou _misinterpreted_ the title of this thread. 😁

Full disclosure: I misread Jewry as Jewelry too. And do again each time I see the thread in the list. Despite having read it.

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/485 "2026-10-15T23:55:40Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> I misread Jewry as Jewelry too

Same here.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/486 "2026-10-16T00:05:52Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> And this convo belongs in the _misread_ thread titles thread. Not here.

Oh yeah…you’re right.

🤦🏽

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/487 "2026-10-16T12:10:08Z")

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I didn’t misread or misinterpret the word “Jewry” in the title myself. But if I’m looking at the word “Ashkenazi” from out of the corner of my eye, my brain subconsciously groups the last 4 letters together because they’re often used as their own word, except the effect never lasts long enough to become a misinterpreted or misread sentence.

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