Another "ancestors" = "descendants"

[David A. Daniel]

I wrote to the reporter who wrote that article, Jennifer Brett. She said it
was a copy desk mistake (reporters don't write headlines, copy desk people
do) and that she "nearly had a heart attack" when she saw it in the
newspaper.

DAD



-----Original Message-----
From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Bonnie Taylor-Blake
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 2:15 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Another "ancestors" = "descendants"

>From today's front page of *The Atlanta Journal Constitution*,

RACE RELATIONS: PIECING TOGETHER THE PAST, SHAPING THE FUTURE:  A rose
blooms from dry soil.
An unlikely, close-knit bond develops between ancestors of slaves and the
ancestors of their slave masters.

<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/printedition/2007/06/24/methealing0624a.ht
ml>

-- Bonnie

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