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By Metro, Hu Jintao to Check out the Traffic Condition of Capital

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@oristarA,

In US we go for very terse headlines like
"Hu's Hiway hub bub"

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@oristarA,

It's as good as many. I'd add an 's', Ori. And in headlines articles are often dropped.

By Metro, Hu Jintao to Check out [the] Traffic Conditions of Capital

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@farmerman,

Would you mind explaining what you said in more plain English?

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@JTT,

Thank you

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@oristarA,

he means

Hu Jintao away zone

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@oolongteasup,

Thanks.
However, your explaination has further confused me.
Would you mind explain "Hu's Hiway hub bub" word by word?
For example, the word "bub" refers to "little brother; little guy" in America, but it looks more a teasing rather than a decent improvement in English.

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@oristarA,

a hubbub is a brouhaha of a hullabaloo

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@oolongteasup,

Thanks
What is hiway then?

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@oristarA,

Quote:

What is hiway then

= highway

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@oristarA,

Hiway = highway = large street
hub bub = confusion, tumult

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Well, thank you.

But "Hu's Hiway hub bub" goes for "Hu's Highway Tumult".

It doesn't matter that FM makes a joke. What matters is that his headline has obviously made a mistake: It is subway (tumult), not highway one. He failed to convey his humor.

Please come out and show here, Farmerman!

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@oristarA,

I don't think he understood that you wanted editing of your headline, and was giving an example of the kind of brevity that makes up most headlines here.

I'd do something like the following for your headline:

Jintao to Survey Metro Traffic Conditions

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