Originally Posted by
DuncanF
A question for non-native English speakers on PPRuNe ... what would be understood by the colloquialism "southbound"? Granted it contains the word "south", but if you were not familiar with the word, what would "bound" mean to you as an adjunct? And what did these guys take it to mean?
When faced with an unfamiliar term, the natural tendency is to directly translate each word. It is easy to translate word for word, but meaning can be lost in translation.
Not made any easier with beeping cockpit warnings and an ATC lady shouting at you in Americanglish.