reversed "blame"

[victor steinbok]

Turkey army invades Persia on a holiday.

VS-)

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

>
> Why all the fuss about this particular headline?  I read "Obama
> blames Congress Republicans on bus tour" as "Obama blames
> Congressional Republicans on bus tour", with at worst a poorly placed
> "on bus tour" -- "Obama, on bus tour, blames Congressional
> Republicans."  The "Obama blames Congress Republicans" seems
> analogous to the use in headlines of a place-name noun instead of an
> adjective in cases like "Turkey army invades Persia" vs. "Turkish
> army invades Persia".
>
> Joel

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