"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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At the risk of beating a dead horse, let me try it another way with
a question for you. To avoid the confusing baggage that might have
blurred the discussion, take this as the situation. You are approaching
a single-runway uncontrolled airport, aligned 2-20. You hear a
radio call from another pilot. There's no reason to suppose him to be
dyslexic, disingenuous, or transmitting on the frequency of a nearby
airport accidentally. In short, just an ordinary situation that happens
to us all the time. Two situations.

1) You hear "Arrakeen traffic, Cessna xx, downwind, two"

2) You hear "Arrakeen traffic, Cessna xx, downwind, zero"

You suppress your immediate instinct to harangue him for
using improper radio terminology. Based on these calls
alone, what do you suppose the other pilot is up to? What
would you think he was up to if the winds were out of the
north?


Whether or not I harangue him for using improper phraseology it's still
improper phraseology. Please restate your question using examples with
proper phraseology.