# What was that again? Misread sentences **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379 "2009-01-08T15:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prelude_to_Fascination)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379/1 "2009-01-08T15:34:01Z")
I’m not dyslexic, in that I don’t transpose numbers or letters (often anyway), but sometimes I’ll read a sentence in a way that takes a completely different meaning. For instance, I saw a truck on the road some years ago, and the company slogan was “We Go the Distance”. Now that makes sense for a freight company, right? But I (too quickly) read it as “We Got the Disease”, and had to do a double take. This morning, a headline I read was really “BC fires coach for meeting with Jets”, but I (again too quickly) read it as “BC fires coach for meeting with Jesus”. I had to laugh at the implications. Does that happen to anyone else? If so, please share. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379/2 "2009-01-08T15:42:58Z")
Oh yes, it happens to me quite often. Just today (and I swear I am not joking) I read the title of the thread “Canada short of workers?” as “Canada short of wankers?” I thought, “Truly, I have finally found a country in need of my unique abilities.” ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379/3 "2009-01-08T16:43:27Z")
It usually happens to me with thread titles on the Dope… ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379/4 "2009-01-08T16:53:34Z")
My single favorite one was when a friend of mine walked into my dorm room in college where I was reading a newspaper, squinted at the headline, then said “Hospital president to _strip down?!_” This was one of my more grounded-in-reality friends, too. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379/5 "2009-01-08T17:07:25Z")
I spent the entire time I was reading Neil Gaiman’s **Ananci Boys** expecting them to end up in Arizona with some pueblos. ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-that-again-misread-sentences/480379/6 "2009-01-08T17:18:38Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > Oh yes, it happens to me quite often. Just today (and I swear I am not joking) I read the title of the thread “Canada short of workers?” as “Canada short of wankers?” > > I thought, “Truly, I have finally found a country in need of my unique abilities.” Same here. There was a thread posted not too long ago titled, “Is it safe to swallow gum?” I guess I have a dirty mind.