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Old Apr 6, 2014, 9:47 am
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I must say that only the BA FTers would engage in a discussion of such merit.
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 9:52 am
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A mistake by Mr. Hillier (and team), or a clever technique to distract the FT BAEC board away from the Ł35 redemption cancellation/change fee?
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by Full of hot air
Living in the Netherlands, I am now used to seeing apostrophe's everywhere. English is the official language at my workplace, however most of my colleagues are Dutch. When I first arrived, I would always correct their mistakes, however I've somehow begun accepting many Dutchisms. Some other one's I frequently come across: take and make are used interchangeably, abbreviations that are direct translations from Dutch ("a.o." = amongst others (whereas I would use inter alia)), misused prepositions ("welcome at Amsterdam Centraal"). However, I am careful not to criticise too much, as then our lunch conversations switch to Dutch.
I was watching an episode of Minder (yes it was a long time ago) in the Netherlands once; Arthur Daley ordered a large VAT (vodka and tonic), which was translated as een grote B.T.W. (which is the Dutch version of Value Added Tax).

Well I thought it was funny anyway (and still do).
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by BA0197
I must say that only the BA FTers would engage in a discussion of such merit.
errrrr FT'ers.
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 10:42 am
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Originally Posted by uk1
errrrr FT'ers.
Not sure that is correct. I am reffering to more than one Flyertalker, not implying possession. Therefore Flyertalkers is more than one Flyertalker. A Flyertalker's handle would be my username of BA0197 for example.
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 10:49 am
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Extending the grammatical discussion, aren't people on planes "passengers" rather than "customers" ?
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 11:00 am
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Using 'myself' instead of 'me' or 'I' (as in 'my husband and myself') is my pet hate.
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 11:06 am
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The following is from the 'Words fail me' column, published in a recent edition of Private Eye:

"should of used a verb"
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 11:30 am
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Originally Posted by muscat
Extending the grammatical discussion, aren't people on planes "passengers" rather than "customers" ?
No. In Y they're cattle.
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 11:54 am
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When you get it right you know your s**t

When you get it wrong you know you're s**t
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Embuexpat
Quote:





Originally Posted by Corpt


And then we get to:

Been and being
Sat and sitting
Me and I
Your and you're
Etc




Ec cetera
etc is the correct abbreviation for et cetera, not ec cetera
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 12:20 pm
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Originally Posted by golfmad
When you get it right you know your s**t

When you get it wrong you know you're s**t
A fine rule!
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 12:28 pm
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Originally Posted by uk1
errrrr FT'ers.
Originally Posted by BA0197
Not sure that is correct.
I believe the correct term is FT'rs.


Originally Posted by muscat
Extending the grammatical discussion, aren't people on planes "passengers" rather than "customers" ?
I think "pax" is fine for airline forums.
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 12:31 pm
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Oh dear!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-partners.html
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Old Apr 6, 2014, 12:36 pm
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Yes I should have written GGL'rs. Frankly, on an IBB I really don't care or give a hoot about apostrophes, spelling mistakes etc.
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