[Ads-l] Source-Goal Confusion online

[Jonathan Lighter]

OK. I've got a hamburger. You've got a flying fish. For some reason, I swap
my hamburger for your flying fish. Makes perfect sense to me.

Similarly, I eat hamburgers daily. You want me to eat flying fish daily.
You want me to swap my burger habit for a flying fish habit.

JL

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 11:22 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> Geoffrey S. Nathan
>> WSU Information Privacy Officer (Retired)
>> Emeritus Professor, Linguistics Program
>> https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/an6993
>> geoffnathan at wayne.edu
>>
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