A crash blossom for the ages

[Dan Goncharoff]

I have a hard time misreading it, too.

(The) stuttering man (that the) city held by (his) bottom (has been
identified as) Sunderland.

DanG


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Unfortunately I already knew about this, and so
> have great difficulty in misreading it.
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> "A stuttering man that the city held by his [or
> its?] bottom side ..." -- but "Sunderland" is not verbal.
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> Joel
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> At 4/25/2014 11:19 AM, Mailbox wrote:
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> >Dare you to decipher this one, from Reuters (London) on April 16:
> >"Stuttering Man City Held by Bottom Side Sunderland"
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> >Translation: "Man City" is Manchester City, a
> >football (soccer) team (or "side"). Sunderland
> >is another; it plays in the lowest league ("bottom").
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> http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/16/soccer-england-idUKL6N0N852J20140416ws/
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