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I imagine that it might be similar in aviation but the official
language of maritime navigation is Seaspak, a highly simplified subset
of English. It was approved by the IMO 1988. If you have heard
professionals talking on Maritime VHF you will have heard them use the
message markers  Advice, Answer, Information, Instruction, Intention,
Question, Request, and Warning.

On Fri, 1 Mar 2019 at 01:32, Brad Morris  wrote:
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> Hello Gary
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> It appears that his level of intoxication was so great, that no measure of 
English comprehension skills would help him.  You are correct, his mark one 
eyeballs should have alerted him to that bridge.   Somebody telling him there 
was a bridge in front of him, when he should be able to SEE it, will do no 
good.  The video showed no evidence of fog.
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> The video was interesting in yet another way that surprised me.  The cars 
kept driving past the crashing point of the ship on the bridge.  That is, the 
cars kept driving while the ship was crashing.   A guy crashing his ship into 
the bridge I am driving on, may cause me to not go out on that portion of the 
span and to evacuate myself quickly from the area.  The size of that ship may 
destabilize the span.
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> Brad
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