# 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: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/518 "2022-10-06T15:22:58Z")

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It took me until today to realize what the grammar was supposed to be in [this pit thread title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-class-no-no-s-shorts-long-hair-and-giant-prosthetic-boobs/971773/506). I was wondering what “no no’s shorts” were. Like, were they a new version of really short shorts? Then I realized there should have been a colon so that it read “Shop class no-no’s: shorts, [etc]”.

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