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...little informal conversation with the control tower. (British pilots are still lost in wonder at the informality of U.S. communications. One British pilot walks around Berlin shaking his head and telling everybody he overheard a U.S. airman on the strip say to his control tower, "Just give me the woid and I'll make like a boid.") Through the earphones came an efficient voice from the control tower. "2623, you are cleared for take-off." Down the runway went the plane. The voice said: "2623, airborne at zero three [2:03 p.m.]. Your altitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Precision Operation | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...editors has asked me t' say uh woid about th' St. Patrick's number. I thought thet St. Patrick wus dead, but then we all make mistakes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "IT'S UH PEACH", SAYS OTTO GROW OF NEW LAMPY | 3/23/1926 | See Source »

...said, 'I'll angle far and woid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEES GREATER POWER IN "NEWER REPUBLIC" | 3/28/1924 | See Source »

...readin yer 8 moist Havurd poets for de foist time an on de level guy its de woist hokum I ever seen. Theys each one twict as bad as the rest. Its lousy dats the woid lousy. Over the radio from 33rd Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 3/22/1923 | See Source »

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