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English In Use - 'We Do Like To Be Backside Seaside'

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's all perfectly clear to the native speaker,

The Sun used the title of a popular British music hall song, 'I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside', which was written in 1907,  to headline their story about 400 naked people plunging into the freezing waves for 10 minutes in Wales to set up a new 'skinny-dipping' Guinness World Record.   "Skinny Dipping" means swimming naked.

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