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 line’ The hills are alive with the sound of music’ from the smash hit Rodgers and Hammerstein show, The Sound of Music, is the inspiration for a Daily Express story that last year nearly 14 million people attended West End shows and nearly eight million of them saw musicals.
The headline reads ‘The Tills Are Alive With The Sound Of Musicals’, changing ‘hills’ with ’till’, which is the drawer, small chest, or compartment for money in a shop or store.