DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?

 

In the middle of a news service you hear something and you just know that it is not right. What was meant and what was said were two different things. Here are some good examples

"Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time."

                - Ellen Kushner on "Caravan", WGBH radio, Boston

"It is mandatory that tenderers provide proof that the specified performance requirements are likely to be achieved by the proposed system."

                - Request for Quotation from unidentified prospective client

"President Union will address the nation on the state of the Bush."

                - Hampton Pearson, news reporter, WBZ TV

"Although some functional managers had heard of RISC, virtually none had heard of RISC"

                - Digital Marketing Study

"Sir James Spicer...has officially opened a lavatory at the Piddle Valley First School near Dorchester."

                - VNS #2244 Main News, 23 Jan 90

"Tensions in Latvia...are tense..."

                - WBZ Radio, Boston, 21 Jan 91, news