I’m back from my latest travels.
But I’ve still got stories to tell.
Here’s the latest…
Strange English
“Safety is of the utmost importance to us,” said the recorded voice on the budget airline.
“Utmost…” I said to myself. “Do we have to pay extra for normal English?”
Utmost is correct English.
The problem is, it’s not a common word.
And most people on the plane were not native speakers.
So doesn’t it make sense to use words everyone can understand?
That’s why I teach my students to focus first on the 2,800 words that are in every sentence.
These are called “Power Words.”
You can learn more about my Power Word Method here.
Your Turn
What would you say?
Share on the blog and tomorrow I’ll tell you what I would say if I worked for a budget airline.
Plus, there was something else unusual on the plane…
Safety is our priority
I would say “Your security ( safety)”!is really important to us
Passengers’ safety is the most important issue for us.
Maybe…safety is the most important thing to us
The safety of our passengers is the most important thing for us.
I never heard this word.
Are there certain conditions under which it is used or can it always be use.
SAFETY FIRST!✌
Safety is our number 1!👍
Good morning. Thank you Mr Vig. Yours follow ups comments of your method are realy an opportunity for me, to stop for a few minutes any other job, and involve in English !! I think that ‘interval’ exactly support your method. Thanks ‘boss’
I borrowed this story from lets call a friend of mine and you will decide why to put word umost in it.
Iva was a part of the group, traweled by plane from Brasil to Europe. Long flight, they took their seets in the middle of economic class , how to kill the time? They were cherrish and noughty, put there hads together and decide. One of them will have a birthday. After aproksimatelly 15 minuts in the air, they also released something into the air: “Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you… happy birthday to you…happy birthday dear…” They were singing to one of them who had a “fictional birthday”, kiss and congratulute her.
Other passenger was surprise, they applauded, flying anxiety vanish. Group and birthday girl recive many small presents from passengers, sport team from the back seats contribute with bottle of whiskey from Duty shop. Even cabin staf were generous with small chocolates and candys. Group were also good singers, they sing some songs in slovenian
language and entertained the passengers. Needless to say, they successfully shortened the flight.