Category: Headlines and Ads

MSN (don’t bother reading the article, it’s old hat):

“Asked how many partners they desired over the next month, men on average said 1.87, while women said 0.78.”

“I don’t want a whole one,” said one female respondent. “Just seventy-eight hundredths. Here, I’ve got this coupon.”

MSN:

“… As much of the world nears an Internet address crunch, North America stands as an island apart, threatening to fragment plans for the biggest overhaul of the Web in 30 years.”

It’s been around for thirteen years. You morons. The article’s fairly interesting, though. The Department of Defense: Your unlikely ally in the fight for standards compliance!

Man, I wish somebody had told me.

MSN:

50 Cent touts new duds

Who the hell says “touts” or “duds?” Headlinese is so far removed from English now. You should get a foreign language credit if you take journalism in high school.