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To: the scotsman

There is one that isn’t popular........ thank goodness.

After he was shot dead, they took Travon to hospital.


4 posted on 10/17/2012 4:16:34 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: bert
"To hospital" has been aroung a long time. It's used by the doctor character in the 1940's era Western film She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.
5 posted on 10/17/2012 4:23:40 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: bert

I’ll know when American language has been thoroughly anglicised when I see the term ‘burgled’ instead of ‘burglarized’. Seeing as British newspapers like ‘The Daily Mail’, ‘The Guardian’ and to a lesser extent, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ are getting increasingly popular with American readers online, I can see this happenening...


18 posted on 10/17/2012 5:09:17 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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