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Old 21st Aug 2007, 09:02
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Near Miss
 
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Grrr lost in translation

Heard a story of an Aussie crew on arrival to LAX saying to the ground engineer “G’day Digger”. The GE in question was African-American and thought the pilot said N. It took a lot of explaining to an GE, who was ready to go "postal", that it was a good word.
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