Wolfgang,

Did he really expect the poor
pilot to understand _that_? "Interrogative" isn't a word that a less
than fluent speaker will know.


Reminds me of the story of an avid English learner who, after months of
learning, decides his English is finally good enough to go to
McDonald's for a burger. He places his order and the girl behind the
counter goes "foheatogo?" He smiles apologetically (sp?), she repeats
"foheatogo?". This goes on five times with her being too dumb to phrase
the question a different way (a typical behaviour). After a while, he
thinks "I can't go wrong if I say this": "Just a little bit, please"

True story.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)