Makespeed250,
Baffler15,
Lazy? Yes!
No offence intended here, but as an ATC, if there is one thing that really pisses me off it is pilots who readback 'NINE' instead of 'NINER' when assigned descent.
It's amazing how much it can sound like a 'FIVE'.
I did say that I only
rarely say NIN-ER, not
never (that was FIFE)! Hopefully, if I'm ever yapping to you on an ATC freq, you might just get lucky!
The Baffler
P.S. If you say NIN-ER first though, I'll read NIN-ER back!