VOR Approach Phraseology
Hi there, I'd like to ask a quick question to any ATCOs or people that know better than I regarding procedural phraseology. On Friday at GLA the procedure in use was the VOR/DME 05, with radar vectors to intercept the inbound course, which was 044M. Now the phraseology used after turning them onto a heading of around North was "report established on the inbound 044 radial". I know what they mean, they know what they mean so there's no operational issue there, but the aircraft are really calling established inbound on the 224 radial. Does this phraseology come about because of possibly ambiguity with foreign crews perhaps in case of language mix ups? I know nobody has said the 044 radial either, they used the phrase "inbound 044 radial", but I'm just interested to know why the textbook definition as such isn't used. Please don't take this as criticism in any way, I'm merely curious to know why things are different to how I'd have imagined it.
Thanks for any replies