The Old New Thing

Raymond misreads newspaper headlines, episode 3

June 2, 2008 Jun 2, 2008 06/2/08

Raymond Chen

The headline: First lady to speak at Ala. school hit by tornado. My interpretation: There's a woman who was the first woman to speak at an Alabama school. This is notable presumably because she had to break some historical gender barrier in order to be invited to give an address there. That woman was hit by a tornado. My reaction: Man, what...