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Thread #56327   Message #879942
Posted By: jimlad
01-Feb-03 - 09:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: I'll read that again
Subject: BS: I'll read that again
Overheard on Leeds Local Radio,in Yorkshire where 'us' is often used as an alternative to 'ours'

"us troops have landed in Kuwait today".Sorry I'll read that again.

"US troops have landed in Kuwait today"   

And from the BBC world service India Office

"The time is 9 o'clock Greenwich.....Meantime here is the News"