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From: stadlin@hou2h.UUCP (Art Stadlin)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Is English decaying rapidly?
Message-ID: <1069@hou2h.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 18:50:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  7 18:50:07 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 9-Oct-85 06:48:45 EDT
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Keywords: "deplane"


> Am I getting more sensitive, or is the English language, as used, becoming
> less logical?
> 
> On all airlines now, for example...

Where did "deplane" come from?  I don't debus the bus so why should
I deplane the plane?

A no-frills airline with very little customer service does not
have flight attendants; They have "Customer Service Representatives."

We landed in Newark, New Jersey and they nearly always announce
"Welcome to New York" or "Welcome to New York's Newark Airport."
Grrrrr!  I'm in New Jersey and it doesn't belong to New York.

After a departure delay, they told us "We have a mechanical
malfunction in the equipment so..."  Now why couldn't they just
have said "The plane is broken so..."

If it can be said in a simple way, it can often be said better.
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