Killer Pope
Language Log 2013-03-15
Summary:
G.S. sent in this snapshot of a news-stand display:
The sign juxtaposes teasers for two different stories, one the election of Pope Francis, and the other a multiple murder and suicide in Umbria.
If we ignore the color-coding and run everything together with the implied punctuation, we get:
Tutto la verità sull'assassino del Broletto: È Francesco, il nuovo [...]