atw: Re: This does not make sense
- From: Rod Stuart <rod.stuart@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:22:30 +1000
Here is one for you. On the ABC news site <
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-20/global-warming-could-be-slower-than-first-thought-report/4701010>there
is the usual BS about the mythical 'global warming' etc. in which this
little gem is dropped, much like excrement for the rear end of a bull:
"For example, an El Nino is when the heat stored in the ocean temporarily *
glurges* out so the surface warms up but the total amount of heat in the
system doesn't change."
Apart from being total nonsense, it really belies the source of the ABC's
stories:
World English Dictionary
*glurge * (ɡlɜːdʒ) [image: [Click for IPA pronunciation
guide]]<http://dictionary.reference.com/help/luna/IPA_pron_key.html>
— *n*stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and
uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental
On 21 May 2013 06:45, Bob Trussler <bob.trussler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We all moan about the falling standards in grammar these days, but
> something strange is happening. Forget the standards, as some things
> don’t even make sense.
>
> An ABC TV newsreader said “a high day of drama”.
> Suely, it should be “a day of high drama”? Maybe the writer was a bit
> high when they wrote this.
>
> Later in the same news broadcast, we were told about thieves in Cannes who
> stole “the safe in a hotel room packed with jewels”.
> Why would anyone steal the safe when the room was packed with jewels? Now
> I am really confused.
>
> Then I relaxed with some good news as I read about “a suspected boat of 83
> asylum seekers …”
> At least the asylum seekers had been accepted as genuine and only the boat
> was a suspect. I am still wondering what would the boat be suspected of.
> Maybe someone suspected that it was a boat but wasn’t sure.
>
> Bob Trussler
>
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