Linguistic Obsession

"Want to see smoke come out of my ears, just show me a misplaced apostrophe or an improperly used transitive verb." I didn't write that, but I'll be nice and not edit the wonky use of commas by my generous host.

Friday, July 28, 2006

Airport language

At the Reno/Tahoe airport today I heard the following announcement:


"Do not leave you baggage unattended as it may be confiscated or destroyed."


To me this implies that they might destroy your baggage without first confiscating it. I can just envision the security guards with flamethrowers walking through the airport.