Butt hose in arrears?

Yo bro, gotta a hose?

Ah, the English language. It can give you so much pleasure. But be warned. Make a mistake and it will instantly turn on you with varying degrees of viciousness. 

Even putting a space in the wrong place can cause linguistic self-immolation.

The Times online is running a story on the budget. It contains the following sentence.

"Revenue from TV licences will drop to €2.5 million from €4m this year. The licence will be abolished next year, butt hose in arrears still have to pay up."

Detach a 't' from 'those', stick it at the end of 'but' and we leave the territory of TV licences.

In an instant, the unmerciful English language transports us to a gay leather bar in Harlem. 

And the word 'arrears' takes on a completely different meaning.