Double Entendre Headlines

Authors

Eugene Ulrich

Abstract

While I was calmly reading the newspaper the other day, this headline near the bottom of the page caught my eye: JOHNNY, JUNE CASH ARE HIT IN HUNGARY. Had they been pelted with rotten tomatoes by a restive audience, or with bricks by protestors in the streets? (A modern civilized population has various ways of expressing its feelings.) Or had they been bashed by a car on the highway, or beaned by a meteorite? When I read the article, it was a surprise (and no small relief) to learn that their concerts in Hungary had been a big success.

Recommended Citation

Ulrich, Eugene (1984) "Double Entendre Headlines," Word Ways: Vol. 17 : Iss. 3 , Article 3.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol17/iss3/3