On 2007-06-29 12:29:15 -0700, Thomas Borchert
said:

Mxsmanic,

The AIM and glossary do not provide sentences, only sentence fragments (with
rare exceptions).

Read them (again)!

If the foreigner can understand English, he can understand "non-standard"
phrases.

He is not required to understand general English, he is required to understand
aviation English and standard phraseology.

That is not what the regulations say. He is required to understand
English. Believe it or not, people have to be able to talk to pilots.
It is impossible to have a book with every possible phrase that might
be needed in aviation.

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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor