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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: English decaying
Message-ID: <489@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 16:10:04 EST
Article-I.D.: cylixd.489
Posted: Thu Nov 14 16:10:04 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 17-Nov-85 06:37:35 EST
References: <1427@cae780.UUCP> <2472@sunybcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Organization: RCA Cylix Communications , Memphis, TN
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In article <2472@sunybcs.UUCP> colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:

>> 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 <some other city> ..."?


I would like to add my comments to the above.