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Old Dec 6, 2002 | 6:15 am
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"Concorde" or "The Concorde"?
This is a question that has puzzled me for years.

In the UK everyone, whether knowledgeable about aviation or not, always speaks about "Concorde" (flying on Concorde, Concorde was on the news, etc). In the USA it is so often referred to as "The Concorde" (go to London on The Concorde, etc). Where did that extra "The" come from? It doesn't happen with any other word, so is not an English grammar difference between us.
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