Date: Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:09:32 -0800

From: Allen Maberry maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: Funny Names for Newspapers



Several decades ago Mad Magazine did a parody of the New York Times with

the motto "All the news that fits, we print."

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Joan C. Cook wrote:



On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Patricia Kuhlman wrote:



I've also heard the motto of the New York Times reversed from

"all the news that's fit to print" to "all the news that's print

to fit".



In Li'l Abner, the Slobovian newspaper's motto is "All we print is news

that fits."



--Joan



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Joan C. Cook Imagination is

Department of Linguistics more important

Georgetown University than knowledge.

Washington, D.C., USA

cookj[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]gusun.georgetown.edu --Albert Einstein

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