Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Obscenity in Arnold Schwarzenegger letter


From the New York Times:

In an apparent attempt to infuse the dry work of government with a dash of manly brio, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California recently issued a veto statement that contained a message — and not a nice message — that some interpret as a put down of the bill’s author.

The message is hidden and can be seen only by reading the printed version of the veto statement. By taking the first letter of each line, beginning with the third line, two words emerge: The first is obscene, and the second is “you.”

1 comment:

  1. Ahh yes. The New York Times. All the news that's fit to print - and we only allude indirectly to the rude bits.

    For the full story behind this, see:
    http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1846

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