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English In Use - 'He's Allergic To Watt'

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

A Daily Star story tells us that Peter Lloyd, from Cardiff,  suffers from a rare condition called electromagnetic hypersensitivity, which means he is allergic to electricity and therefore has to live in a wooden house. Their headline of, 'He's Allergic To Watt' deliberately misspells 'what' and instead uses 'watt' which is a measurement of a unit of power.

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