cacian
05-21-2013, 10:10 AM
I enjoy newspaper journalism mainly because of the many oh so not so clever headlines slip ups.
why not share some of it here for a laugh ;)
one I stumbled across today is this one:
HICKS NIX PIX IN STICKS
''STICKS NIX HICK PIX was a headline printed in ''Variety'', a newspaper covering Hollywood and the entertainment industry, on July 17, 1935, over an article about the reaction of rural audiences to movies about rural life. It is one of the most famous headlines ever to appear in an American publication.
it means that people in rural areas ("the sticks") reject ("nix") motion pictures ("pix") about rural life ("hicks"). The conventional wisdom of the movie industry was that themes of upper-class life would not be popular in the countryside; according to the article, this assumption was incorrect.''
I thought this style of phrasing called 'slanguage'' suited me down a T since I am into rhyming words big time.
please do post one or two here if you have one handy :)
why not share some of it here for a laugh ;)
one I stumbled across today is this one:
HICKS NIX PIX IN STICKS
''STICKS NIX HICK PIX was a headline printed in ''Variety'', a newspaper covering Hollywood and the entertainment industry, on July 17, 1935, over an article about the reaction of rural audiences to movies about rural life. It is one of the most famous headlines ever to appear in an American publication.
it means that people in rural areas ("the sticks") reject ("nix") motion pictures ("pix") about rural life ("hicks"). The conventional wisdom of the movie industry was that themes of upper-class life would not be popular in the countryside; according to the article, this assumption was incorrect.''
I thought this style of phrasing called 'slanguage'' suited me down a T since I am into rhyming words big time.
please do post one or two here if you have one handy :)