tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post2772347073658720696..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Jean-Paul VinayAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-56286376547382175782017-04-13T18:38:25.503+00:002017-04-13T18:38:25.503+00:00I was fortunate enough to study for my doctorate w...I was fortunate enough to study for my doctorate with Jean Paul Vinay. His Monday night lecture (attended by most of the department, started with a fascinating discussion of a new topic in linguistics (I remember his introducing Chomsky's work to us) and then moved to comparative stylistics, his approach to translation. It was a great experience of applied linguistics.<br />Bernard SpolskyDovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10594587591409732384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-88745434923112772862017-04-12T07:17:04.935+00:002017-04-12T07:17:04.935+00:00Hi Aviatrix, good to see some writing from you aga...Hi Aviatrix, good to see some writing from you again! I had <i>almost</i> lost the habit of checking this blog.<br /><br />The Зелінська document was interesting. Making word choice as language independent and clear as possible is a perfect job for a linguist like Mssr Vinay. For instance, the official spelling of "alfa" I had not heard before. Makes sense that "alpha" might not be read by a non-English speaker. And I do enjoy the French hard "Quebec". It is clearer than the inevitable English qwee words like "queen" or "question".<br /><br />The alphabet (alfabet?) is ingrained in aviationese now. It's a little odd to hear old movies use the previous able-baker one, though without it the world would never have had the success of "easy company" of 101st airborne fame in WW2. And "foxtrot" lives on long after the dance is lost in the memory of our great grandmothers.<br /><br />I have to laugh at my attempts to use it on the phone. Very rarely people instantly get it (usually places like ordering from aircraft parts stores), more often we get into impromptu interchanges like .... "um, N as in nancy, O as in opera, P as in ... piano, E as in Elephant" in response. I try. If nothing else it's a secret handshake for aviators.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09991660841701835065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-21784163792986014432017-04-10T01:40:05.725+00:002017-04-10T01:40:05.725+00:00Thanks for a very interesting and otherwise unknow...Thanks for a very interesting and otherwise unknown factoid. What would have represented the letter "Q" if a Canadian had not designed the current alphabet? Hard to say. IIRC correctly, in the 1950's and 60's when I first started flying and using the radio, we loosely used an alphabet borrowed from the US military in WW-II. (Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog ....) "Q" was "Queen", I believe.Dave Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853160665847969116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-34853601261953451682017-04-10T01:20:17.285+00:002017-04-10T01:20:17.285+00:00Although this is south-of-the-border, I think you ...Although this is south-of-the-border, I think you will enjoy it:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLECCmKnrysColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656070367444324340noreply@blogger.com