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Jan. 9th, 2010 03:46 pm
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It seems that I am not British.

Thus, I must make my way to the aeroport and book a ticket with an aeroline, so that I might get an an aeroplane to somewhere that speaks my language.

Date: 2010-01-09 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ms-tek.livejournal.com
?? none of the British I know (both Scots and English) say "aeroplane". They do like to talk about boogies a lot which makes me wonder if they were all extras in "Top Gun". ;)

Date: 2010-01-09 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cangetmad.livejournal.com
It sounds pretty much the same in US and British English, but in the UK many people write "aeroplane". I do.

Date: 2010-01-10 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-s-b.livejournal.com
To be fair, the option I wanted to pick, which was "plane", wasn't an option. Airplane is a film, to me.

Date: 2010-01-09 04:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com
Do you mean maybe get to an Aerodrome? I wonder if "Airport" is an americanism that pushed that out?

Mainly for Sana's benefit

Date: 2010-01-09 05:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com
αεροδρόμιο is greek for airport, δρόμος being road. Obviously.

Date: 2010-01-09 04:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hawkida.livejournal.com
Actually, unless it was in a formal context I'd write "plane".

Date: 2010-01-09 04:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladysisyphus.livejournal.com
Bring the Caramel Wafer!

Date: 2010-01-09 05:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cybik.livejournal.com
It's airport :P

Date: 2010-01-10 10:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cybik.livejournal.com
I don't get why you think we should change it to airplane, though. I don't even pronounce it like that!

Date: 2010-01-10 10:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cybik.livejournal.com
But by using language differently from others, you are. You're saying "I want x to be accepted" when normally it wouldn't. American English is different. It's not interchangeable with British English - just as "organize" is as wrong /in this country/ as "shuld".

Date: 2010-01-10 10:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cybik.livejournal.com
So you're gong to start saying "aluminum"?

Date: 2010-01-09 08:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ias.livejournal.com
Aeroplane is the standard spelling in the aero industry on both sides of the Atlantic. If you search the major engineering bibliographic databases, they use aeroplane in preference to airplane. The technical use of airplane is restricted to early, pre-WW2 aircraft.

How do I know this? I'm an engineering librarian and one of my standard exercises I get students to do is develop a search strategy on noise inside a plane passenger cabin.

Date: 2010-01-09 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miramon.livejournal.com
Doubtless a great loss to British airnautics. Perhaps you could perform some airbatics on your way in order show your airdynamic stability.

Date: 2010-01-09 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] henriksdal.livejournal.com
Good retort!

(I hate facebook, because I just briefly looked for the "like" button for this comment.)

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