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
7 f0 a- |. m- T( W& b. g  {' Ofloating down the Dawson River".
6 r0 l% e1 }% W1 \" {  s! N% ?What Baralaba piggery owner Sid Everingham actually said was "30 sows and; G  i7 P% @* U7 D
pigs", not "30,000 pigs".  R/ p) ~& Q# x! i
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。
) g( e" ?& ^6 ^) U( E# {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 f! w- ^# M# y! u5 R
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。