And you guys don't think that the Brits have some backward terms / RT???
Thank F@@@ we now say LEFT and RIGHT not PORT / STARBOARD.
I never knew which way the Port was - let alone what a starboard actually means.
What about INITIALS and FINALS - I thought that the term INITIAL meant one place and FINAL was a single line on the circuit. - Who can tell me the second route to land that involves the necessity of calling it FINALS.
...and when you call ATC for some advice / information / dircetion, the reply is 'XXX [your callsign] PASS YOUR MESSAGE'. No I do not have a message to pass, just someting to ask YOU [the Air Trafficer]..
I could go on but the G & T calls
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