Finance jounalists: noone in the financial markets ever uses the word 'greenback' when they're talking about US Dollars. We just say 'US Dollars', or more commonly, 'Dollars'.
CityRail: noone really uses the word 'alight', and I suspect the many non english-speaking tourists who visit Sydney would never have heard of it. So stop telling to wait until people have 'alighted' before we get on the train. Oh, and isn't 'alighted' just plain wrong? What is the past tense of 'alight' anyway?
About Me
- SleepingMan
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- I've lived in Australia, US, UK and Singapore and I've been to North Korea, Ukraine, Colombia. I live in a very sparsely-furnished flat in Sydney. I have a real job (and a graduate degree from an Ivy League university) and in my spare time I play piano, think too much and play tennis. I'm actively trying to make my life more bizarre.
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