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version_five
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A Mulching Proposal (2019)
In the pdf article, the submitted title was in fact the subtitle. I can see an argument for choosing the subtitle like that when an article has the form
Pithy phrase: subtitle that actually tells you something
anigbrowl
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Especially given the lamentable academic fad for such titles, a la
Stupid is good: capturing unwary readers' attention by exploiting incongruity'.
dang
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Yup we often do that when the original title is inadequate (e.g. too baity or misleading). But the original title was fine here!
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Pithy phrase: subtitle that actually tells you something