Show Headline English Professors of or En English lish held a con conventi convention convention venti on in Kansas City some time ago and among other things dis- dis discussed discussed dis discussed cussed the influence of or newspapers in mod modifying ying the speech of the people As might have been ex- ex exI ex expected I some felt that this thia I was good while others thought it terrible In their search for short words which will fit in the limited space available to them writers of ot news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper paper headlines have developed a peculiarly effective though some some- sometimes sometimes sometimes times inelegant form of expression expression expression sion In the headlines an investigation of which there are many is called a probe because five letters are easier asier to handle than 13 Sim Sim- Similarly Similarly Similarly a collision is a crash an agreement is a pact to denounce is to flay an explosion is a blast an nn contest is a atilt tilt and so on On the sport page journalese does its worst Deploring what he con considers iders the evil effects of newspaper Eng Eng- English English lish Dr Hopkins of the U University of Kansas said that teachers were to take a stand against ag it but significantly added In theory that is our stand but it does us little good to take any stand We might as well quit and let the go its way It will anyway And that probably covers covers all that is to be said on the subject |