"Global Dictionaries Gather for Thatcher Funeral" (dignitaries)
I also read “School using bulletproof whiteboards” as “School using waterproof bullets.”
It took a second even to identify the direct objects.
"Stellar cast rescues ministries" (miniseries)
Reading a book about Flaubert that was peppered with French, I read this sentence:
“Honours dishonour, titles degrade, employment stupifies”
and thought, wow, it’s great that I understood that whole French sentence, only to do a double-take and realize I’d understood it because it was in English.
"Clinical studies show bleeding rats slow after treatment" (rates)
"Our prompt for today: let’s try writing toilets" (triolets)
And a glance at the World Wildlife Fund logo yielded
WTF
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My eye-brain connection is like this now, too.
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