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waider ([personal profile] waider) wrote2004-10-04 01:54 pm
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"scare" "quotes"

I still don't understand what the BBC are up to with their headlines. Today, we have
Bigley 'handed' to another group
Spain vows to 'crush' Eta
but despite this frequent use of scare quotes, they still managed
Psycho actress Janet Leigh dies
which IMHO could have done with said quotes to avoid implying that Leigh was short a few marbles.
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