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Their English leaves a little to be desired

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The Daily Mail Online courageously leads with this most newsworthy of headlines.

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Luckily, as regular readers well know, the Daily Mail almost never makes mistakes with its English or misprints a caption.
Source: Daily Mail.

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He-Male

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He-Male – the more manly male.
Source: Daily Mail.

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Carnage without incident

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Luckily, the carnage proceeded without any serious incidents.
Source: Daily Mail.

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Belgium Man

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New hominid Belgium Man discovered in, er, Belgium.
Source: Daily Mail.

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“Cut your windpipes!”

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Luckily the instructions to the troops were somewhat clearer as to whose windpipes to cut:
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Source: Daily Mail.

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Tourist have been flocking

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Source: Daily Mail.

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Terminated!

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Zoe Williams at Crufts

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Did she win?
Source: Guardian.

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“Do not to leave your common sense behind!”

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More good advice from the Guardian.

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You’re imbarrasing the country!

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How imbarrasing!
Source: Daily Mail.

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