The Old New Thing

Raymond misreads newspaper headlines, episode 2

April 16, 2008 Apr 16, 2008 04/16/08

Raymond Chen

I have a strange tendency to misread newspaper headlines. This week, I read the headline Rogan Sets 200 Back World Record, and I thought, "There's a world record for running 200 meters backward?" Well, actually there is, but this article was actually about the 200 meter backstroke (swimming). Once I figured that out, I was not confused by...