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[titusnowl]

What's the two-digit number traditionally appended to the ends of news-articles to indicate "cut here"?  I'm drawing a blank.

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[mylesk.livejournal.com]

- 30 -

But I don't know why...

[zabbers.livejournal.com]

Does that mean that if it's a double stop it's -60-? /dorkiness

[davew0071.livejournal.com]

And if you put -33- at the end the copy boy brings you a Rolling Rock.

[zabbers.livejournal.com]

-69-

[mylesk.livejournal.com]

Oh man ~ I just looked it up. This is totally the kind of thing I could have known.

28. What is the origin of "-30-" at the end of some press releases?

The "-30-" is the traditional journalistic closing which probably came to be during the Civil War when telegraphers tapped "XXX" at the end of a transmission, which is the Roman numeral for 30.

http://www.press-release-writing.com/frequently-asked-questions.htm#28

[zabbers.livejournal.com]

Oh your icon. Oh my heart.

[mylesk.livejournal.com]

I went crazy for it when I saw it, too.

Credit goes to ceruleanst.