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Oliver Walter United Kingdom Local time: 04:09 German to English + ... Remain in the sky? | Dec 20, 2017 |
If they remain in the sky, how will they be refuelled and how will the crew and passengers embark and disembark? | | |
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 04:09 Member (2008) Italian to English TOPIC STARTER
Oliver Walter wrote: If they remain in the sky, how will they be refuelled and how will the crew and passengers embark and disembark? They must be those new levitating 747s. | | |
Oliver Walter wrote: If they remain in the sky, how will they be refuelled and how will the crew and passengers embark and disembark? Good point. Another intriguing point in the article is this: "The MD-80 has been out of service for almost 20 years, but a couple of US airlines still use them." It sounds a bit like ghost planes. Spooky. | | |
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 04:09 Member (2008) Italian to English TOPIC STARTER
Thomas T. Frost wrote: Oliver Walter wrote: If they remain in the sky, how will they be refuelled and how will the crew and passengers embark and disembark? Good point. Another intriguing point in the article is this: "The MD-80 has been out of service for almost 20 years, but a couple of US airlines still use them." It sounds a bit like ghost planes. Spooky. Nevertheless I'm happy to hear that US airlines are forming couples. BTW the MD80 is my favourite airliner (although it's now obsolete). So quiet to fly in (because the engines are right at the back of the fuselage).
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Quiet or not quiet | Dec 20, 2017 |
Tom in London wrote: BTW the MD80 is my favourite airliner (although it's now obsolete). So quiet to fly in (because the engines are right at the back of the fuselage). As the old DC-9, which the MD-80 was based on, it was not so quiet if you were sitting next to the engines at the back of the plane. The Caravelle was even noisier. | | |
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 04:09 Member (2008) Italian to English TOPIC STARTER
Thomas T. Frost wrote: Tom in London wrote: BTW the MD80 is my favourite airliner (although it's now obsolete). So quiet to fly in (because the engines are right at the back of the fuselage). As the old DC-9, which the MD-80 was based on, it was not so quiet if you were sitting next to the engines at the back of the plane. The Caravelle was even noisier. Ah, but those were the days when I was flying in Club Class up at the front | | |
John Fossey Canada Local time: 23:09 Member (2008) French to English + ...
This is what a person I know becomes quite frequently. | | |
Telephone queues | Dec 20, 2017 |
From a text I'm translating about customer service: "You have access to the standard customer care and technical support telephone queues for Home Customers." I'll query that wording, I think. Although I know that my business is so important to many companies that they tell me 50 times while I'm waiting in a telephone queue for 20 minutes, it's rare they mention it up front. | |
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Kay Denney France Local time: 05:09 French to English different queues? | Dec 21, 2017 |
Thomas T. Frost wrote: From a text I'm translating about customer service: "You have access to the standard customer care and technical support telephone queues for Home Customers." I'll query that wording, I think. Although I know that my business is so important to many companies that they tell me 50 times while I'm waiting in a telephone queue for 20 minutes, it's rare they mention it up front. They probably mean that the telephone queues for other customers are much longer right? I agree that it sounds off-putting like that though!! | | |
Principle/principal – a classic | Dec 22, 2017 |
Nobody has mentioned this yet. Mistakes such as "the principle suspect was …" or "it's a matter of principal …" are not uncommon. | | |
Debora d'Amato (X) Italy Local time: 05:09 English to Italian + ... Mispronounced word | Dec 22, 2017 |
on mass (for "en masse") on route (for "en route") spinning in his grave (for "turning in his grave")
[Edited at 2017-12-09 09:23 GMT] [/quote] I know mayor pronounced as "maior". I guess this is one of the most mispronounced English word! | | |
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 04:09 Member (2008) Italian to English TOPIC STARTER
Debora d'Amato wrote: on mass (for "en masse") on route (for "en route") spinning in his grave (for "turning in his grave")
[Edited at 2017-12-09 09:23 GMT] I know mayor pronounced as "maior". I guess this is one of the most mispronounced English word! [/quote] Yes - I hate "spinning in his grave" | |
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Kay Denney France Local time: 05:09 French to English
Tom in London wrote: Debora d'Amato wrote: on mass (for "en masse") on route (for "en route") spinning in his grave (for "turning in his grave")
[Edited at 2017-12-09 09:23 GMT] I know mayor pronounced as "maior". I guess this is one of the most mispronounced English word! Yes - I hate "spinning in his grave" [/quote] I don't see spinning as an error here but as an exaggeration: turning is not enough for the dire situation. As such, I think it's quite funny. | | |
Tom in London United Kingdom Local time: 04:09 Member (2008) Italian to English TOPIC STARTER
Another malapropism that seems to be taking over: Example: "He was likely killed by a Russian agent" - which means nothing. The options would have been "It is likely that he was killed by a Russian agent" OR "He was probably killed by a Russian agent" | | |
Hair-raising mistake | Jan 31, 2018 |
'Nick Freeman, the solicitor who became known as "Mr Loophole" after successfully representing a string of celebrities on motoring offences, said that the proposal by Britain's road policing chief was a "hair brained idea" which looked like a ... See more 'Nick Freeman, the solicitor who became known as "Mr Loophole" after successfully representing a string of celebrities on motoring offences, said that the proposal by Britain's road policing chief was a "hair brained idea" which looked like a "publicity stunt".' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/31/penalising-motorists-going-1mph-limit-legally-unenforceable/ ▲ Collapse | | |
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