Thursday, October 1, 2009

Down the Garden Path and into the Bushes

We learned about ambiguity in psychology of language today.
I really like reading example sentences.

from the headlines:

EYE DROPS OFF SHELF

KIDS MAKE NUTRITIOUS SNACKS

CLINTON WINS ON BUDGET, BUT MORE LIES AHEAD

TORONTO LAW TO PROTECT SQUIRRELS HIT BY MAYOR

RUMORS ABOUT NBA REFEREES GETTING UGLY

from a medical record:
"on the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it had completely disappeared."

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