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4 August
Ten headlines from aol.co.uk's home-page
Text : Sexism, pinkification and our daughters
Sub-text : Ostensibly, we're taking this seriously, but really...
Text : Revealed: World's silliest hotel request
Sub-text : (1) Yes, there is none sillier, and (2) We know this, because we're AOL®, Fount of All Wisdom !
Text : Elle Macpherson 'marries billionaire'
Sub-text : We've got you guessing with those idiot quotation-marks, haven't we... ?
Text : Cringiest ever celebrity music videos
Sub-text : A numbered list made intriguing by a grotesque contortion of the language
Text : Carla shows off incredible bikini body
Sub-text : My blog (link above) tells you all that you need to know...
Text : The people who affect house prices
Sub-text : We're not going to tell you any more than you already know**
Text : Baby Cambridge's top 10 play dates
Sub-text : Not that you have any idea who these people and their kids are, but You need to know !
Text : Annoying telephone customer services
Sub-text : We want you to interpret it as how to do a Henry Root on call-centres
Text : Revealed: World's silliest hotel request
Sub-text : I just put that in twice to see whether you were 'keeping up', but, whilst you're here : In my headline, quoted also from AOL®, Mary Beard is made to appear to be the subject, not the (indirect) object...
Text : PC maintenance could save you cash
Sub-text : It 'could', but will it ? Just AOL® promoting itself by trying to attack your pocket mentally ?
End-notes
* Not that there was anything wrong with synonyms such as received, got, had.
** In a numbered list, of course - with sarky comments.
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Unless stated otherwise, all films reviewed were screened at Festival Central (Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge)
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