--------
From today's world-word (c) Quinion -- Not extremely fascinating, but since I'm discussing the historical-present of AOL's today, "Haig dies", I thought I'd drop:
---
"A headline from the Dayton Daily News of Ohio on 13 February was
noted by Phil Wolff and John Nabors: "Man shot in chest, leg knocks
on door for help"."
Man shot in chest,
leg knocks on door for help
----
The implicature being? Sounds crystal-clear enough to me.
Or perhaps it's entailment?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
Did I mention that this sort of headline has come to be known as a "crash blossom," as in:
ReplyDeleteViolinist linked to JAL crash blossoms
The story is about a young violinist whose career has prospered since the death of her father in a Japan Airlines crash in 1985.
Very good.
ReplyDeleteIn this case, of the legs knocking on door, what is that people do not understand? I'm going to drop right now a post on a sign in Hawaii, also from Quinion, and report.