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English In Use - 'I'm Bogging You To Be My Wife'

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 Daily Mirror headline on a story that Simon Stratton proposed to Elinor Robinson while they were taking part in the annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships in Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales was achieved by a simple change of a letter.

The headline read: "I'm Bogging You To Be My Wife', changing 'begging' to 'bogging.'

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