# 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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> [@John\_DiFool](#):
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> Yeah, we have _misread_ thread titles, and _misinterpreted_ thread titles-I, at least, am fully square on the crucial distinction between the two. Are the “two” threads being alluded to those? Because I cannot find a SECOND **jeans** thread on any searches.

It’s that there are two “Misread thread titles”, this one from 2017 and one from 2010 which differs from this thread title only in capitalization. There is _also_ the “Misinterpreted thread titles” which is a completely separate thread.

Here’s the other actual “Misread Thread Titles” thread:

> [@Misread Thread Titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457):
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> Do the laws of the Old Testament apply to Christians? in GD Becomes Do the laws of the Old Gods apply to Christians? Uh, no… I don’t think so. Any others? (Misread sequential is welcome too)

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