(Laughter) Here, another reader quotes a passage from the magazine: [Ruby was seventy-six, but she retained her authoritative bearing; only her unsteady gait belied her age.] He added: "Surely, someone at The New Yorker knows the meaning of 'belied,' and that it is the opposite of how it is used in this sentence.
(Latter) Her citerer en anden læser en passage i tidsskriftet: [Ruby var seksoghalvfjerds, men hun bibeholdt sin autoritative holdning; kun hendes usikre gang bedrog hendes alder.] Han tilføjede: "Der må da være nogen, der forstår betydningen af 'bedrog', og at den er det modsatte af, hvordan det bruges i denne sætning.