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From: Val Hallah on 24 Jul 2010 02:20 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297283/Canadian-Airforce-pilot-ejects-fighter-jet-moments-crashes-ball-flame.html
From: Savageduck on 24 Jul 2010 03:05 On 2010-07-23 23:20:04 -0700, Val Hallah <michaelnewport(a)yahoo.com> said: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297283/Canadian-Airforce-pilot-ejects-fighter-jet-moments-crashes-ball-flame.html Do > these English newspapers and/or their editors have any idea of North American, or any geography? "The �30m aircraft plummets to the ground at the Lethbridge County Airport near Alberta in Canada." Lethbridge is one of many cities in Alberta, a Canadian Province. What, or who did they think Alberta was, a town, or a female witness to the accident? That is like saying LAX, near California in the USA, or Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, somewhere near Val-d'Oise in France. -- Regards, Savageduck --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Ofnuts on 24 Jul 2010 06:09 On 24/07/2010 09:05, Savageduck wrote: > On 2010-07-23 23:20:04 -0700, Val Hallah <michaelnewport(a)yahoo.com> said: > >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297283/Canadian-Airforce-pilot-ejects-fighter-jet-moments-crashes-ball-flame.html >> > > Do >> > these English newspapers and/or their editors have any idea of North > American, or any geography? > "The �30m aircraft plummets to the ground at the Lethbridge County > Airport near Alberta in Canada." > > Lethbridge is one of many cities in Alberta, a Canadian Province. What, > or who did they think Alberta was, a town, or a female witness to the > accident? > > That is like saying LAX, near California in the USA, or Paris-Charles de > Gaulle Airport, somewhere near Val-d'Oise in France. It's an editorial habit in the US that may have percolated to the British press. And in the US, there is some justification, because homonym places abound. And it also helps the average geographically-challenged American reader :-) -- Bertrand
From: Peter on 24 Jul 2010 08:20 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:i2e3bo$2g19$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... > On 2010-07-23 23:20:04 -0700, Val Hallah <michaelnewport(a)yahoo.com> said: > >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297283/Canadian-Airforce-pilot-ejects-fighter-jet-moments-crashes-ball-flame.html > > Do >> > these English newspapers and/or their editors have any idea of North > American, or any geography? > "The �30m aircraft plummets to the ground at the Lethbridge County Airport > near Alberta in Canada." > > Lethbridge is one of many cities in Alberta, a Canadian Province. What, or > who did they think Alberta was, a town, or a female witness to the > accident? > > That is like saying LAX, near California in the USA, or Paris-Charles de > Gaulle Airport, somewhere near Val-d'Oise in France. > I learn every day. Until now I thought LAX was something one takes to clear waste matter from the digestive system. -- Peter
From: Savageduck on 24 Jul 2010 08:46
On 2010-07-24 05:20:00 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message > news:i2e3bo$2g19$1(a)adenine.netfront.net... >> On 2010-07-23 23:20:04 -0700, Val Hallah <michaelnewport(a)yahoo.com> said: >> >>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1297283/Canadian-Airforce-pilot-ejects-fighter-jet-moments-crashes-ball-flame.html Do these >>> >> English newspapers and/or their editors have any idea of North >> American, or any geography? >> "The �30m aircraft plummets to the ground at the Lethbridge County >> Airport near Alberta in Canada." >> >> Lethbridge is one of many cities in Alberta, a Canadian Province. What, >> or who did they think Alberta was, a town, or a female witness to the >> accident? >> >> That is like saying LAX, near California in the USA, or Paris-Charles >> de Gaulle Airport, somewhere near Val-d'Oise in France. >> > > > I learn every day. Until now I thought LAX was something one takes to > clear waste matter from the digestive system. As a Californian I can say, no dose of laxative would help L.A.. L.A. is like a constantly filling, and never emptied, colostomy bag attached to California. LAX, I-5, & Hwy 101 are there to forestall the inevitable pressure burst. The fringe, and Valley communities merely serve as a leach-field to the L.A. septic tank. -- Regards, Savageduck --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |