Fri 15 Feb 2008
‘Mileposts’ Scribe Rocks Out to Led Zephyr
Posted by TJ under Mileposts
There appears to be an unfortunate mistake in the February issue of Metro-North mouthpiece Mileposts, which landed this week. The Courtesy Corner, which whimsically reminds riders to keep feet off the seat, clean up their shit and use their cellphone sparingly–usually with some seasonal theme–starts out by cooing about “dreaming of Jeanie with the light brown hair, soft as a zephyr on the sweet summer air.”
Mileposts then riffs on more favorable options than “pining for a dirigible-sized mate who can levitate…”
It appears as though Mileposts confused zephyr–or “a gentle breeze”–with zepellin–or “a rigid airship consisting of a cylindrical trussed and covered frame.” Thus, Mileposts‘ reference to ”dirigibles.”
Ouch. While zephyr and zepellin are, in fact, right next to each other in the dictionary, they couldn’t have more different connotations.
[photo: Igougo.com]