Sentence examples for what a misunderstanding from inspiring English sources

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What a misunderstanding: the Americans don't want to stabilize the region.

A few years later, a new contender waltzed into the ring: Cory Arcangel's "What a misunderstanding!," which gained universal acclaim as the best universal caption.

QUESTION FROM JULIANA HALPERT : What are your thoughts on Cory Arcangel's "universal caption" for all New Yorker cartoons ("What a misunderstanding!")?

Week after week, Arcangel has taken the images from The New Yorker Caption Contest and supplied them with the same caption: "What a misunderstanding!" Some examples: The winning caption: "Well, you're the one who insisted on the smoking section".

ROBERT MANKOFF: I blogged about this and said I thought " What a misunderstanding!" is a lot better universal caption that "Christ what an asshole!" QUESTION FROM SRIDHAR : What kind of considerations go into placement of cartoons in the magazine?

Responses to our quest for a universal phrase that would fit any Caption Contest cartoon brought hundreds of alternatives to the two reigning contenders, "What a misunderstanding!" and "Christ, what an asshole!" Some of the submissions were bafflingly specific: "Your French fry is on fire".

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Not at his general conclusions – driven as they are by public outcry and clamour for blood – but at what seems a misunderstanding of the nature of an MP's job.

"What an unfortunate misunderstanding it was," said Harriet Newman Cohen, one of Mr. Oren's lawyers.

What a perfectly ridiculous misunderstanding," Mixie said.

But this is based on a misunderstanding of what a human clone would be.

Mr. Wright says wind power in Vermont reflects "a misunderstanding of what a responsible society must do to slow the warming of our planet".

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