Text types: Texts for fun & leisure
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Jokes and riddles | |
Headline bloopers
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Headline writers occasionally write newspaper headlines which
are ambiguous or illogical. Below are some actual newspaper headlines from a variety of daily papers around
the world.
These are probably too difficult to use in the classroom, even
with more advanced students. However, they are provided here to demonstrate the
sorts of things that can go wrong with communication. See if you can figure out
what has gone wrong, and why they are funny. If you have difficulty in understanding any of these, click on the middle
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| Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing. |
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Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers. |
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Stiff opposition expected to casketless funeral plan. |
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Two convicts evade noose, jury hung. |
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William Kelly was fed secretary. |
| Milk drinkers are turning to powder. |
| Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted. |
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Quarter of a million Chinese live on water. |
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Iraqi head seeks arms. |
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