Re: Seen at http://www.theage.com.au

From: Herman Rubin (hrubin_at_odds.stat.purdue.edu)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: 12 Nov 2004 12:12:21 -0500

In article <cn2c7f$qec$1@rdel.co.uk>,
Skraedder <Skraedder@skraedder.com> wrote:

>"Jacques Guy" <jguy@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
>news:4195A1AC.E1C@alphalink.com.au...
>> "Australian lands chopper hit by gunfire"

>> Je donne ma langue au chat (in English:
>> not a bloody idea what that might be)

>I heard it on the news this morning. The Australian-sounding co-pilot of a
>Lynx helicopter had to land the aircraft after the pilot was injured by
>gunfire (in Iraq).

>Skraedder

As a native American, I doubt that that headline would
be misunderstood by most Americans. The use of
"chopper" for "helicopter" is also American slang. 

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