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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
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Posted: Sat Nov  9 13:59:00 1985
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> 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
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