Homophones and commas

[velvetpage]

The commercial:

"Women who eat breakfast like the Special K breakfast way less."

That's what I heard. When I parsed it a bit, I figured they meant to say: "Women who eat breakfast, like the Special K breakfast, weigh less."

I would not be surprised if that commercial backfired on them.

Comments

[athelind.livejournal.com]

Like a comma-kaze.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

*groan*

[rikoshi.livejournal.com]

Wow, it took me a couple readthroughs to parse that sentence properly, too.

Heck, I initially thought that 'way' was a typo for 'weigh'!

[snobahr.livejournal.com]

(points to userpic)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I'll cross-post immediately. :)

[mizheekay.livejournal.com]

That's funny! I'm going to use it in my drama classes as an example of the importance of paying close attention to punctuation and pauses in dramatic text.

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

Once a teacher, always a teacher. . . I had a very similar thought.