INDCJournal: Unfortunate Wording

April 01, 2005

Unfortunate Wording

Posted by Bill

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Accused pop icon Michael Jackson has been crowned America's most foolish person for the third straight year, snatching the dishonour from the likes of a murderer and US President George W. Bush.

(Emphasis mine)

Interesting syntax, that.

(Via Julie Gerleman)

Posted by Bill at April 1, 2005 01:00 PM | TrackBack (2)

Comments

...so, the question is, did they drop a comma, or did the LA Dog Trainer mean it as written?

Haven't read them in so long I have no basis from which to draw an inference.

Anyone? Beuller??

Posted by: leelu at April 1, 2005 01:34 PM

This comes from Agence France Press (AFP). Not altogether surprising considering the source. :)

Posted by: willow at April 1, 2005 02:48 PM

Any sentence that includes Michael Jackson and snatch is suspect.

Posted by: JWebb at April 1, 2005 04:12 PM

Remove the "a" from "a murderer" and it's a lot worse.

Posted by: Mark J at April 2, 2005 01:47 AM

Unfortunately, some probably think including the "a" was the unfortunate part of the wording.

Posted by: Donna B. at April 2, 2005 04:53 PM

A poll done in Los Angeles gets picked up by a French news agency and Bush is the #3 most foolish person of the year. Well, knock me over with a feather!

I'm also willing to bet that the question was *NOT* open-ended, either.

Bush's name was probably at the very top of a list of only 10-15 people from which to pick.

Posted by: Jimboy at April 2, 2005 11:18 PM

Unfortunate Wording? This implies an accidental or inadvertent turn of phrase. What makes you think this was inadvertent?

Posted by: John at April 3, 2005 11:02 AM