# Misread thread titles

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [September 11, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093 "2017-09-11T22:38:13Z")
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### Author: ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1951 "2026-05-05T16:45:19Z")

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Actual title: [Why is it called Duck Fat but Beef Tallow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-duck-fat-but-beef-tallow/1029724)

In my mind I switched the first letters in Duck Fat and ‘dat’ made an obscene title.

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