Calling children 'tots' is a bungle and I'm reacting with fury to slam it now ; Home truth FIRST Edition
My prime example of journalese was the word "tot", which hacks around the world use to describe small children. Type "tot" into a Google news search, and you will get about six million hits. ("Choked tot bouncing back, dad says", says the Honolulu Star; "Parents ad...
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| Published in | Western mail (Cardiff, Wales : 1956) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Cardiff (UK)
MGN Ltd
01.03.2008
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| Summary: | My prime example of journalese was the word "tot", which hacks around the world use to describe small children. Type "tot" into a Google news search, and you will get about six million hits. ("Choked tot bouncing back, dad says", says the Honolulu Star; "Parents admit cruelty after tot swallowed drug", screams the Reading Evening Post.) Yet I've never in my life heard anyone outside a newspaper office use the word "tot". |
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