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difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'?



 
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difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'? Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:48 am  difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'?
 

Hi,

Is there any meaning in difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'? Mrs Google say that both phrases are quite popular so when do you use which?

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difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'? Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:57 am  difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'?
 

hi Torsten,

I've mulled them over in my mind and believe I would use 'welcome aboard' since 'on board' is to me more nautical in spirit. 'Welcome aboard' is a kind of greeting made to a new member of staff who's just joined an organisation. It could quite easily be used and more than likely has been used to someone joining our site.

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difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'? Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:11 am  difference between 'welcome aboard' and 'welcome on board'?
 

Hi Alan,

Thanks a lot for clarifying this issue. From now on I'll be using 'welcome aboard' to greet our new forum members so they won't confuse our site with a ship Smile.
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