Ambiguity of the day
Jul 16th, 2010 | By Stephanie CampisiFrom The Age:
One in 61 tested drivers on drugs
MARIS BECK
July 16, 2010
One can only hope these people were trained before making others undergo drug tests.
Ambiguity of the day
May 6th, 2010 | By Stephanie CampisiArticle
STRATEGIES FOR SOLVING THREE FRACTION-RELATED WORD PROBLEMS ON SPEED: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CHINESE AND SINGAPOREAN STUDENTS
Chunlian Jiang and Boon Liang Chua
A couple of ambiguities
Feb 24th, 2010 | By Stephanie CampisiThe Age shows off its usual quality writing*:
Building unions fined $1.3m for legal breaches
But if they were legal. . .?
‘He jumped on his head with both feet’
How very agile of him.
*Yes, that’s a deliberate ambiguity.
Ambiguous web address of the day
Feb 9th, 2010 | By Stephanie Campisihttp://www.freelanceworkersexchange.com
Ambiguity of the day
Feb 9th, 2010 | By Stephanie CampisiFrom The Age:
Breaking News
6:45AM Wheels of bus packed with kids fall off
Ambiguity of the day
Dec 27th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiFrom The Age:
I’m not sure how, unless they resort to raising the dead. But I suppose zombies are en vogue.
Ambiguity of the day
Dec 20th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiFrom The Age:
Man’s body in boot tied to girl’s death
Ambiguity of the day
Dec 8th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiFrom The Age:
Tourist caught smuggling lizards in pants
Lizards in pants? What’s next? Elephants in pyjamas?
Ambiguity of the Day
Nov 26th, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiFrom The Age:
Police push to cut assaults.
Surely that’s not the best way to go about it?
Ambiguity of the day
Nov 23rd, 2009 | By Stephanie CampisiI’m not quite sure whether this is meant to be a positive or a negative review.