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This latest assortment of "Misadventures in English Abroad" is as amusing as it's predecessor, unashamedly exposing language manglers including the hotel in China that offers "uncomplimentary pants" and the seaside area in Spain that advertises its "beach of irregular bottoms".
Two conclusions: Queen must be the most misinterpreted band ever - "Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard" and "Mama, I just killed a bear" - and women are the nation's most chronic word manglers.
Alan's offence was merely to observe that he wouldn't pay to see Sam Allardyce's manglers.
 
 
 
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