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I couldn’t figure out what the title meant until I saw it had been altered from the original: > Pearls Before Breakfast: Can one of the nation’s great musician
by pimlottc 3y ago
I couldn’t figure out what the title meant until I saw it had been altered from the original:
> Pearls Before Breakfast: Can one of the nation’s great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let’s find out.
“Cut through the fog” is a known expression, while “cut fog” is not.
- dnissley 3y agoHeadlines in newspapers used to be compressed in this manner, where they would omit words (especially "the"), so it didn't phase me, but interesting to think how this could be confusing, especially to those who didn't grow up reading physical newspapers, but even for those who are just used to the less constrained headlines in today's media.
- pimlottc 3y agoYes, I’m aware of newspaperese but you have to do it carefully to avoid butchering phrases like this.
- tomjakubowski 3y agosorry, pet peeve word mixup: it didn't "faze" you
- kombookcha 3y agoUnphased is that feeling you have right before Lt Worf stuns you.
- wglb 3y agoHN has a short title requirement and it is not always easy to preserve the full meaning.
- iancmceachern 3y agoI'm going to take that term, Cut Fog, and use it for my own purposes from now on. I'm cutting fog right now as a matter of fact.
- sdwr 3y agoSounds like a euphemism for either farting or vaping