Latest hurricane headline in the Chronicle this morning (in the paper’s relatively new, butt-ugly all-cap style): “Rita’s wrath rips up coast’s rural towns”). Which made me wonder, how’s the “Rita’s wrath” vs. “Rita’s fury” scoreboard looking (“wrath” has got to be ahead because of the alliteration factor; once headline writers hit on that, they want no part of equally descriptive but still overdramatic nouns)? According to Google News, here’s the latest Rita Anthropocentricmorphic Characterization Score (RACS):
Rita’s wrath: 424
Rita’s fury: 100
Rita’s rage: 17
Rita’s march: 8
Rita’s hands: 1
Rita’s light touch: 1
Rita’s reign: 0
Rita’s insouciance: 0
Rita’s incontinence: 0
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