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Earlier this month, the Globe ran a piece on Toronto, interviewing locals about the parts of town they enjoy most. The most interesting thing about the article, however, was the title: I love T.O. Of all short forms for the city, "T.O." is the worst, and when the venerable daily, the guardian of Canadian grammatical structure and etiquette, is happily letting in T.O., something must be said.

Photo of the New Canadian Library edition of Ethel Wilson's Swamp Angel by David Topping. Note spelling of "colors."

Good newspaper headlines are concise, descriptive, clear, and––occasionally, just occasionally––nothing short of genius. And then there's "Man who stole car with baby faces more charges."