mardi 4 février 2014

Agony column


a column in a newspaper or magazine offering advice on personal problems to readers who write in.

In the same idea:

gutter press = presse à scandale
classified advertisements = petites annonces
comic(s) = magazines illustrés
glossy = magazine au papier de luxe
newsagent = marchand de journaux



More information:


  • Classified advertisements' is also known as 'The classifieds" or "Small ads". 
  • The larger (employment) ads are known as Display Advertisements.
  • Comics are very specifically aimed at children and are usually published weekly on newsprint (newspaper type) paper. They are essentially cartoons (bandes dessinées)
  • The person who gives advice, in a newspaper or magazine, to correspondents with relationship problems is called an Agony Aunt. 

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  1. The person who gives advice, in a newspaper or magazine, to correspondents with relationship problems is called an Agony Aunt.

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