Slice the number of your metaphors in half during the month of May!
The mid-month statistics are in for Park media’s Month Without Metaphor (MWM) and things are looking up.
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What we mean is, the numbers are slightly better this year than they were in the event’s inaugural year.
“We are pleased with the results thus far,” says Alvin Tinamou, publisher of The Avian Messenger and one of MWM’s organizers.
“For some reason, though, the radio stations are having more trouble than some of the print publications. Maybe it’s due to the spontaneity factor that is an inherent part of radio.”
That could well be. And the drop in numbers also speaks well of Park media’s editors and the renewed interest in the idea of “writing clean.” Whatever the reason, Tinamou is hoping the mid-month results will encourage Park publications to further restrict their use of metaphors.
“We’re hoping for a record result at month’s end,” he says.
Here are Month Without Metaphor’s mid-month results in full:
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Publication, Number of Infractions,
Toro Talk Radio, 171
CLucK Radio, 125
Chitter Radio, 112
The Dingo Boomerang, 79
Marine Mammal Radio, 78
The Mollusk Messenger, 77
The Salamander Evening Post, 77
Reptile Radio, 75
The Silvestris Star, 73
headsNtales, 73
The Burro Beacon, 73
The Noodlefish News, 73
The Canary Courier, 71
bRaydio 4, 71
The Halibut Herald, 71
Maple Tree Television, 70
The Eagle Star, 70
The Equine Echo, 69
The Rodent Commoner, 67
The Robin Reporter, 67
The Galliforme Gazette, 63
The Kaluga Register, 63
The Cosmopolitan Pest, 60
The Bluebird Free Press, 58
Vertebrate Vision, 58
The Insect Intelligencer, 56
The Panther Post, 56
The Polar Bear Post, 54
The Avian Messenger, 54
PRANCE Magazine, 52
The Blackbird Informer, 49
The Ornis Interpreter, 44
The Mammalian Daily, 40
LAULAA Magazine, 37
The Raccoon Reporter, 30
The Simian Spectator, 30
The Marsupial Messenger, 29
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