# 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: ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/400 "2022-05-24T17:12:54Z")

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[Is there anything I can do with my in-door trashcans to prevent ants from getting into them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-i-can-do-with-my-in-door-trashcans-to-prevent-ants-from-getting-into-them/964967/9)

I didn’t misread it, but the strange way the poster hyphenated “in-door” made me misinterpret it. I took “in-door” to mean “part of the door”, like the OP had trashcans that were literally built into their doors. Of course when I actually read the thread I realized they meant “indoor” as in “inside the house”.

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