sows and pigs 澳大利亚, apologize, error, 新闻

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Correction: THERE was an error printed in a story titled "Pigs float down the
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The story, by reporter Daniel Burdon, said "more than 30,000 pigs were
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What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and
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0 K; }0 Y( w3 EThe Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today'  i0 Z; e' b1 b- s: |
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上面是澳大利亚国关于发洪水的一个新闻更正。前一个新闻说据某某报道，洪水冲走了3000 头猪。
  n' f) n' U) p) \更正说，不是3000头猪，是30头 母猪和小猪。sow是母猪的意思。sows and 与thousand发音
6 s3 y* C8 j4 j5 z9 _3 Q$ m很像，记者一心想写轰动性的新闻，于是3000头猪就被冲进了Dawson River。

人在江湖

sow---------我给看成了“snow”

Xiaowen

有点意思。