Friday, December 21, 2007

Suckling on the news teet

Photobucket
Journalist Linda Ellerbee ought to be more careful with her wording if she is going to host a special about teen pregnancy on Nickelodeon

In an interview with the AP she invited a mondegreen when she said, "I think it's important that something be done. But I think it's important that it be done in a measured way, and not just to feed the beast of news stories."

What I heard: "But I think it's important that it be done in a measured way, and not just to feed on the breast of news stories."

No comments: