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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floating down the Dawson River".& P7 S" `6 G: T% s: R
What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and
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The Morning Bulletin would like to apologize for this error, which today'
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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。0 g0 j1 i. o' k% v  g
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. l. o( b# R6 d  U7 @) B
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。