Taking off momentarily

[mathanxiety]

I hope not. Shouldn't it be presently?

[campion]

We'll know if it was momentarily. It'll be on the News

[Habbibu]

That's American usage - meaning "in a moment". I think it's odd, but don't know which meaning came first (and no longer have easy access to the OED...)

[DadInsteadofMum]

Travelling on any american airline drives me mad - I have to "debus" to board the plane and "deplane" at my destination.

[PrincessFiorimonde]

The best Americanisations(!) I ever heard were these (on a plane to USA):

'We will start serving beverages in about half an hour'

'We are about to start beverizing...'

'Sorry, but because of turbulence we are unable to complete beverization'

[Iklboo]

I'd poo me pants if momentary take off was announced

[unclefester77]

oooh that REALLY annoys me. Grrr. 'In a very short time' would do instead, wouldn't it!

[meditrina]

To me, "momentarily" means for a moment (eg: "we will be offline momentarily" means "we shall be offline briefly") not in a moment ("we shall be offline shortly").

[VictorianIce]

I'm momentarily off to beverize myself.