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English In Use - "Now you sea it."

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 headline "Now you sea it", appears above a story in the Daily Star about a fisherman who crashed into a 2,000 tonne cargo ship.   His excuse was that he didn't see the ship, even though it was 20 times bigger than his own boat.

"Now you see it, now you don't", is a popular phrase used in magic shows, and they swapped the word "see" with the word "sea".  

 

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