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English in Use
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Written by Patrick O'Connor
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Monday, 01 March 2010 13:32 |
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'It's Vest Bitter' is a headline in the Sun about Welsh Guard Dan Collins who vowed to buy a large beer for whoever built his new body armour after he was hit in the back by a bullet from a Taliban sniper in Afghanistan. Dan visiting the firm of NP Aerospace in Coventry to buy a drink for employee Kevin Butterly. The word 'vest' is used instead of 'best' as in 'best bitter', the kind of beer we English like to drink.
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