Originally Posted by
Plasmech
Here in the US, especially in cities, we generally say:
ATC: "Cactus 1234, please say airspeed"
Cactus 1234: "Yo homes, I dun be at uh twee fife nine-ah knots on my rope, you hear what I'm sayin' yo, peace?"
A perfect example of why correct phraseology is so important - those all-too-common cases where neither the pilot nor controller has English as a first language.
G