Some headlines simply annoy me for the wrong choice of words. There was one recently when the UK cops published their crime statistics and proudly announced Crime Stable - an annoying pairing of 2 words. How did they manage to stabilize crime? Hired more constables?
I see yet another familiar headline today "Dead UK Afghanistan marine is named by MoD" with nonsensical choice of words. Wasn't he named when he was born? Isin't ironical that he was named at birth by MoD (Mum or Dad)?
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Good one! Maybe Crime Stable was supposed to imply it's a stable of crimes
ReplyDeleteThe "MoD" confused adding a qualifier to his name ("Late") to giving him a new name.
ReplyDeletenice. that article has some more too..
ReplyDelete"His death means four members of the UK armed forces have been killed in that region in the past week." -- what??
"His commanding officer, who has not been named, said Michael was a "truly exceptional junior non-commissioned officer, the best at his level". ?? no name => he is still alive?
Irony of a Gogo - Writes a great blog and then remain silent !
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