Oh, here we go - a pedantic ATCO trying to divert the thread.
Thank you for the compliment; so sorry that it is apparently a "pilots' discussion"
! Just trying to encourage pedantic pilots as well - once saw an airprox caused by misuse of "short final(s)" (pilot
and controller) - and wonder why a student pilot is being exposed to this verbal garbage - and no, it was no different in 1973.
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