<<I have to say, though, that outside news reports I rarely hear "tarmac". It seems like to pilots, if it's a paved surface, it's either a runway, a taxiway, or "the ramp.">>
Precisely my point. As to newsreaders, I know that when a TV station needs one, they call down to Newsreaders R Us where spares are hanging on hooks. Half a can of hairspray and they're ready to deliver. Not all that English or European. RLE
