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Show \ t i ' HEADLINE ENGLISHi ENGLISHif ENGLISHfI ENGLISH if fI i t ! ( I ' ' Professors of English Engbsh held a convention in Kansas City CitySometime Citysometime ometime Sometime ago , and among an10ng other things discussed the in- in influence influence in influence - people.As peopleAs fluence of newspapers in modifying the speech of the people . .As As . , might have been expected , some felt that this infiuepce influence infiuepcewas influencewas influeincewas was good , , vl while ' llle others thought it terrible . In their search for short words which will wiII fit in the thelimited ( thelimited thelimited limited space available to them , writers of newspaper head head- headlines headlines . - lines have developed a peculiarly effective , though some some- sometimes sometimes sometimes - times inelegant melegant , form fonn of expression epression } . , . In the the headlines , an investigation , ofwhich of which there are aremany aremany aremany I many , i if & " called a "probe probe " "probe probe " , " because five letters are easier to to11atldle'than tohandle tohandle'than tohandlethan 11atldle'than 11atldlethan handle ' than 13 . Similarly , a collision coIlision is a "crash crash " , " , , " an agree agree- agreement agreement . - ment is aUpact a "pact pact Upact " , " to denounce is to "flay flay " , " an explosion is a a"blast a"blast a"blast ablast "blast blast " " , " " an athletic contest is i-s i s - a "tilt tilt " , " and so on . On the sportpage sport sportpage sportpage page "journalese journalese " " does its worst . Deploring Deplormg what he considers the evileffects evil effects of news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper - paper English , Dr . Hopkins of the University of Kansas Kansassaid Kansas&aid Kansasaid said itbut & aid that teachers were dutybound to take a stand against agamgt it itbut , but significantly sIgmficantly , added ldded : " "In In " theOl theoiy theory y that is our stand , but it itdoes itdoes itdoes does us little good to . take t.1ke t1ke any stand . ' We 'Ve Ve might as well qUIt qUItand quitand and let the language go its way . It wIllanyway will anyway . " , And that piobably plobably probably covers all that is to be said smd on the thesubject thesubject thesubject subject . |