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[andrewducker]

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.

Comments

[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". ;)

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

It sounds pretty much the same in US and British English, but in the UK many people write "aeroplane". I do.

[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.

[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

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

αεροδρόμιο is greek for airport, δρόμος being road. Obviously.

[hawkida.livejournal.com]

Actually, unless it was in a formal context I'd write "plane".

[ladysisyphus.livejournal.com]

Bring the Caramel Wafer!

[cybik.livejournal.com]

It's airport :P

[andrewducker]

That was my point!

[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!

[andrewducker]

I'm not asking anyone to change anything!

[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".

[andrewducker]

It _is_ accepted. People read it just fine, and you're the first person to object to me writing it that way in, well, ever.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

So you're gong to start saying "aluminum"?

[andrewducker]

I can't see that happening.

[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.

[andrewducker]

Thanks - that's interesting.

[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.

[henriksdal.livejournal.com]

Good retort!

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

[andrewducker]

Well played sir!