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Old March 31st 12, 09:28 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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In message , at 23:14:18 on
Fri, 30 Mar 2012, Frank Erskine remarked:
My current "favourite" Americanism is the announcement on a delayed
aeroplane that "the airplane will be taking off momentarily".

I'm usually more worried when they say it will be "landing momentarily".
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