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The language of a telegram which, for example, omits connectors and uses special symbols. Stop.

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  • That is to say he emphasizes what he wishes — whereas the newspaper correspondent writes in cablese — then has his copy edited, maybe rewritten and then pub1ished under...
  • He should be fired for his uber-hyperbolic cablese.
  • Note: The original written in cablese, i.e., Borne brunt in defense Rangoon comma Burma and Yunnan.
  • The article was titled A-Twitter and it compared Twitter to a form of abbreviated communication used by foreign correspondents in the first half of the 20th century called...
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