"Mizter T" wrote in message ...

On 12/05/2014 18:26, michael adams wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/trans...l?icn=ticker-2


" Kevin Bootle, LU's District line Manager said: "On 1 May two
trains came into slight contact with each other while they were
travelling between East Putney and Southfields stations,
ascertaining very minor damage.

Yes indeed Kevin, "ascertain" certainly sounds a lot more
impressive than "sustain" does it not ? It's even got two
more letters. Shame it means something totally different
though. Care to ascertain what that is ?


The Standard story is AFAICS the only one in which that wording appears, so I wouldn't
rule out it being their doing.

Then who's to say the reporter's name wasn't Kevin as well, then ?

If I was betting on it, I would say its a straight copy and paste
of a press release, written by yet another Kevin in the LT
PR department, assuming they have one.


michael adams

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