Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!colonel From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: English decaying Message-ID: <2472@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Sat, 9-Nov-85 13:59:00 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2472 Posted: Sat Nov 9 13:59:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 09:17:08 EST References: <1427@cae780.UUCP> Organization: Save the Dodoes Foundation Lines: 15 > Am I getting more sensitive, or is the English language, as used, > becoming less logical? > On all airlines now, for example, the landing message is always "We > would like to welcome you to ...". Well then, why don't they DO it? > Isn't "We would like to welcome you to New York" different from > "Welcome to New York"? Don't you expect the first to continue with > "but, unfortunately, we landed in..."? The prelude gives your ears time to get used to the sound of the speaker. -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: csdsicher@sunyabva