On 12/05/2014 18:26, michael adams wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...l?icn=ticker-2


" Kevin Bootle, LU's District line Manager said: "On 1 May two
trains came into slight contact with each other while they were
travelling between East Putney and Southfields stations,
ascertaining very minor damage.

Yes indeed Kevin, "ascertain" certainly sounds a lot more
impressive than "sustain" does it not ? It's even got two
more letters. Shame it means something totally different
though. Care to ascertain what that is ?


The Standard story is AFAICS the only one in which that wording appears,
so I wouldn't rule out it being their doing.