[Ads-l] Source-Goal Confusion online

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sounds like a cross between a salmon and a flying fish. Caveat emptor.

Otherwise, "swap red meat for seafood" sounds right to me. But at this
point, who knows?

JL

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:44 AM Geoffrey Nathan <geoffnathan at wayne.edu>
wrote:

> My Facebook feed is infested with an ad from the Wild Alaskan Company.
>
> Air-flown fresh-caught salmon. Their video boasts:
>
> 3 Easy Ways to Swap Red Meat for Seafood
>
> Which (in my dialect) is not what they're advertising.
>
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