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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 26/08/13 1:47 AM, Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   > On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 12:20:59 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   >  wrote in   
   >  in   
   > rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 02:21:07 -0400, "Brian M. Scott"    
   >> wrote:   
   >   
   >>> No, it isn’t.  That reaction to the most common current   
   >>> sense of  is largely confined to those who are   
   >>> both reasonably well-educated and *not* young.  It’s almost   
   >>> as big a giveaway of either age or pedantry as the reaction   
   >>> ‘What, we’re going to bounce?’ in response to ‘We’ll be on   
   >>> the ground momentarily’.   
   >   
   >> That is a usage peculiar to certain parts of the USA, and   
   >> is very confusing to people who are unfamiliar with it.   
   >   
   > No, it’s quite general U.S. usage.  In particular, it is   
   > practically universal U.S. airline usage.   
      
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