Thread: Telling time in U. K. English
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Old 07-15-2011, 01:59 PM   #137
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Originally Posted by djchapple View Post
The Americans love turning nouns into verbs, for example "deplaned" for leaving an aircraft. I find that bastardisation of the language annoying.
"Deplane! Deplane!" is what Tattoo would say to Mr. Roarke at the beginning of each Fantasy Island episode.
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