It's not just Wales Online that does that; the tabloid newspapers whose headlines appear on my computer* do the same (the Mirror and Daily Record are particularly guilty), and (not to put too fine a point on it) it drives me crackers.
Gull saved from Paisley bin seen on Morrocan beach
This is the heartwarming tale of a seagull who was rescued "in a dishevelled state" from a bin in Paisley, treated by the SSPCA, ringed, and promptly put as much distance between himself and Paisley as possible. He is currently enjoying the warmth of Agadir Beach.
I presume that rookie journalists are taught that they need to get the most shocking/weirdest part of the story 'up front' to catch the eye of the reader. Never mind if the resulting sentence makes no sense!
I presume that rookie journalists are taught that they need to get the most shocking/weirdest part of the story 'up front' to catch the eye of the reader. Never mind if the resulting sentence makes no sense!
I expect you're right, but it makes for very irritating reading for those of us who went to Grammer Skool!
Here's another irritating grammer event from the Daily Wail. Or perhaps they just can't count.
During a Thursday interview with Good Morning America, NASA's stranded astronauts issued a powerful five-word message to Americans: 'We're thankful for your support'
While awaiting their return, we are also eagerly waiting for any fewer-than-six-word message.
Where's the failure to count in that? I'd consider we are to be two words, and we're to be two words. The word/character counter in LibreOffice thinks the same. Pretty sure that way back in first school (so over 40 years ago) I was told that was the rule for words like that.
Edit - I can't believe I'm defending the accuracy of the Wail!
SADDINGTON made the front page of our local rag this week. Check out any of the U.K. nationals/news outlets to hear the shocking tale of the two reprobates arrested for destroying the town’s beloved Paddington statue in the early hours of last Sunday morning. nb Those of a sensitive disposition might want to look away; the thieves literally ‘peeled ‘ the poor bear, leaving him a shell of his former, furry self. 😟
Please also note that this took up most of the front page, pushing articles about a jailed drug dealer and an attempted murder well out of the limelight.
SADDINGTON made the front page of our local rag this week. Check out any of the U.K. nationals/news outlets to hear the shocking tale of the two reprobates arrested for destroying the town’s beloved Paddington statue in the early hours of last Sunday morning. nb Those of a sensitive disposition might want to look away; the thieves literally ‘peeled ‘ the poor bear, leaving him a shell of his former, furry self. 😟
Please also note that this took up most of the front page, pushing articles about a jailed drug dealer and an attempted murder well out of the limelight.
If you are anywhere near the location of the unfortunate statue, you will probably be aware of the Scratcham free paper that lead with "Escaped tortoise still at large!" a few weeks before someone was shot with a spear gun in the same town...
SADDINGTON made the front page of our local rag this week. Check out any of the U.K. nationals/news outlets to hear the shocking tale of the two reprobates arrested for destroying the town’s beloved Paddington statue in the early hours of last Sunday morning. nb Those of a sensitive disposition might want to look away; the thieves literally ‘peeled ‘ the poor bear, leaving him a shell of his former, furry self. 😟
Please also note that this took up most of the front page, pushing articles about a jailed drug dealer and an attempted murder well out of the limelight.
If you are anywhere near the location of the unfortunate statue, you will probably be aware of the Scratcham free paper that lead with "Escaped tortoise still at large!" a few weeks before someone was shot with a spear gun in the same town...
I pass by poor Paddington or rather Paddington’s bench - almost every day, now covered in tributes. I suspect Tesco is doing a brisk trade in thick-cut marmalade, judging by what I’ve seen. 😁
No - I missed the saga of the Scratcham tortoise, but then- nothing would surprise me. 😂
Not exactly a headline, but a speaker on the BBC "Today" programme, broadcasting from Ipswich, make the common faux-pas of calling local people "East Anglicans".
We drive past a plant nursery all the time that supplies people wanting lawns. We’re in the US, but others might appreciate their sign, which reads: “SOD TODAY.”
We drive past a plant nursery all the time that supplies people wanting lawns. We’re in the US, but others might appreciate their sign, which reads: “SOD TODAY.”
We drive past a plant nursery all the time that supplies people wanting lawns. We’re in the US, but others might appreciate their sign, which reads: “SOD TODAY.”
And if you wanted to lay turf for a battle re-enactment it would be Sod that for a game of soldiers.
Rather like the Biblical blessing about may your children be like olive plants around your table. I always imagine these plants around a table. Every! Single! Time!
I am reminded of a headline I saw in my youth in the local paper: "headmaster retires".
I was incredulous to my mother about just exactly what was newsworthy about a man who had reached retirement age retiring! She pointed out that this particular man had been headmaster of the primary school since it opened in the early 1950s up to his retirement in the mid -1980s and it was *that* which the paper thought was newsworthy.
Not a headline, but the furniture store across from where I work proudly boasts: "5 showroom floors!" Which I find a bit puzzling because it is a two-storey building.
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Dog found dumped in basket on roundabout named Crufts' finalist
Is Crufts' finalist the name of the dog, or of the roundabout?
The roundabout, definitely the roundabout.
Why should the basket miss out on having a name?
Not weird, just unusual. Police officers are with the swan, which is on the hard shoulder.
Ha! I missed that...
Sure it's not a talking dog telling the reporter the name of a Crufts' finalist?
This is the heartwarming tale of a seagull who was rescued "in a dishevelled state" from a bin in Paisley, treated by the SSPCA, ringed, and promptly put as much distance between himself and Paisley as possible. He is currently enjoying the warmth of Agadir Beach.
Yes, please, and could you fetch @Hedgehog 's as well...?
No: should be "Two people taken to hospital after car crashes off A470 and hits tree".
I expect you're right, but it makes for very irritating reading for those of us who went to Grammer Skool!
While awaiting their return, we are also eagerly waiting for any fewer-than-six-word message.
Edit - I can't believe I'm defending the accuracy of the Wail!
nb Those of a sensitive disposition might want to look away; the thieves literally ‘peeled ‘ the poor bear, leaving him a shell of his former, furry self. 😟
Please also note that this took up most of the front page, pushing articles about a jailed drug dealer and an attempted murder well out of the limelight.
If you are anywhere near the location of the unfortunate statue, you will probably be aware of the Scratcham free paper that lead with "Escaped tortoise still at large!" a few weeks before someone was shot with a spear gun in the same town...
I pass by poor Paddington or rather Paddington’s bench - almost every day, now covered in tributes. I suspect Tesco is doing a brisk trade in thick-cut marmalade, judging by what I’ve seen. 😁
No - I missed the saga of the Scratcham tortoise, but then- nothing would surprise me. 😂
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Yes, a particularly mindless piece of vandalism.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And if you wanted to lay turf for a battle re-enactment it would be Sod that for a game of soldiers.
What he said!
I can't quite work out the relevance of the kids liking sardines, in a tin or otherwise ...
I was incredulous to my mother about just exactly what was newsworthy about a man who had reached retirement age retiring! She pointed out that this particular man had been headmaster of the primary school since it opened in the early 1950s up to his retirement in the mid -1980s and it was *that* which the paper thought was newsworthy.