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How Does the Language of Headlines Work? The Answer May Surprise You (jstor.org)
4 points by herbertl 51 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



A good headline could make you buy the paper(back in the day when people bought physical newspapers). And some were works of art.

My absolute favourite- the back page (sports headline of the Scottish Daily Record). For context, the night before struggling northern football team Inverness Caledonian Thistle had soundly beaten the Glaswegigian titans Celtic. The resulting headline?

SUPER CALLY GO BALLISTIC CELTIC WERE ATROCIOUS!!

Pure genius from a subeditor.




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