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> Note in which Hitchhiker’s writer reminds himself he will finally get pleasure from process to be part of book based on his archive Are words missing from th

> Note in which Hitchhiker’s writer reminds himself he will finally get pleasure from process to be part of book based on his archive Are words missing from this or am I having a stroke?

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miguelmurca 6y ago
I think I've figured it out after reading the article, but I'll be damned if that's not some strange phrasing: Note (In which Hitchhiker's writer reminds himself (he will finally get pleasure from process)) to be part of book (based on his archive)
- oneeyedpigeon 6y ago
  You can see how it happened. Now that you've explained it, it's easy to read, even without any assistive punctuation. But the first time I tried to read it through, it was impossible. The writer is obviously already at the latter stage, so they can't even see that it's unreadable.
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mhink 6y ago
This is a classic garden-path sentence [1] if I ever saw one. It happens sometimes in "headlinese" when editors or authors try to squeeze as many characters out of a headline as possible. "[A] note[,] in which [The] Hitchhiker's [Guide To The Galaxy] writer reminds himself he will [']finally get pleasure from process['][,] is] to be part of [a] book based on his archive." 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence
- teh_klev 6y ago
  I think the crime here is that this tortured sentence isn't even the headline but the byline, and The Grauniad seems to permit up to three lines of text, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/23/thomas-bernhard-was-a-demon-half-brother-reveals-in-bestseller https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/23/thomas-bernhar... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/kate-briggs-renee-gladman-windham-campbell-prizes https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/kate-briggs-re...
- anaphor 6y ago
  The headline of this article is a garden path for me too, because at first I thought they discovered a book he wrote on torture or something.
CPLX 6y ago
Note that the first word of the phrase, “note”, is a noun rather than a verb.

> Note in which Hitchhiker’s writer reminds himself he will finally get pleasure from process to be part of book based on his archive Are words missing from this or am I having a stroke?

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miguelmurca 6y ago

I think I've figured it out after reading the article, but I'll be damned if that's not some strange phrasing: Note (In which Hitchhiker's writer reminds himself (he will finally get pleasure from process)) to be part of book (based on his archive)

oneeyedpigeon 6y ago
You can see how it happened. Now that you've explained it, it's easy to read, even without any assistive punctuation. But the first time I tried to read it through, it was impossible. The writer is obviously already at the latter stage, so they can't even see that it's unreadable.

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mhink 6y ago

This is a classic garden-path sentence [1] if I ever saw one. It happens sometimes in "headlinese" when editors or authors try to squeeze as many characters out of a headline as possible. "[A] note[,] in which [The] Hitchhiker's [Guide To The Galaxy] writer reminds himself he will [']finally get pleasure from process['][,] is] to be part of [a] book based on his archive." 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-path_sentence

teh_klev 6y ago
I think the crime here is that this tortured sentence isn't even the headline but the byline, and The Grauniad seems to permit up to three lines of text, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/23/thomas-bernhard-was-a-demon-half-brother-reveals-in-bestseller https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/23/thomas-bernhar... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/kate-briggs-renee-gladman-windham-campbell-prizes https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/kate-briggs-re...
anaphor 6y ago
The headline of this article is a garden path for me too, because at first I thought they discovered a book he wrote on torture or something.

CPLX 6y ago

Note that the first word of the phrase, “note”, is a noun rather than a verb.