Headlines of Utter Weirdness

Wesley J · 2018-04-08 11:15:05

On the old Ship, we had this thread on strangely worded headlines from the papers we read, respectively their online counterparts. These could also be quotes Shipmates saw in an article, put into amazingly bizarre and/or funny ways. Some are conscious choices by a clever author, many are simple negligence and thoughtlessness. A few of these curious wordings may be changed shortly after publication by a responsible and responsive proofreader, but more often than not, they aren't. I hope this thr…

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Bishops Finger Shipmate

July 17

RockyRoger wrote: »

There was no ':' on the BBC website. I added it to avoid confusion ..... inadvertantly causing confusion. Sorry!

Ah - I see! Thank you.

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