Jonluw said:
That's my favorite sketch and I love you both for quoting it.Lumber Barber said:
(I say "airplane" because I'm American and it would sound weird if I said "aeroplane." Just doesn't fit with my dialect.)
Poll: Airplane or Aeroplane?
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(I say "airplane" because I'm American and it would sound weird if I said "aeroplane." Just doesn't fit with my dialect.)
From the Canadian Aviation Regulations..
"aeroplane" - means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft that derives its lift in flight from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces that remain fixed during flight
I'm a pilot. Aeroplane is the proper term, but 'airplane' can be used as a general term when referring to multiple class-types of aircraft.
"aeroplane" - means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft that derives its lift in flight from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces that remain fixed during flight
I'm a pilot. Aeroplane is the proper term, but 'airplane' can be used as a general term when referring to multiple class-types of aircraft.
Try caramel and aluminium, you're subtracting necessary vowels to make entirely different words you fools! Bah, we should never have had you teach yourself this stuff, if only you'd not pushed us out of your country you could come to our dinner parties and not embarrass yourselves when you speak.madwarper said:
OT: Of course it's aeroplane, anything else would be moronic abuse of the tongue.
Dare pull long and I'll have your head on a spike! Scallywags and ruffians abusing vowel sounds, they're short not long. So help me God if you try and pull the wrong mirror on me.Samantha Burt said:
Wait wait wait, I know about aluminium, but caramel? Is there a way other than car-ram-mel?The Unworthy Gentleman said:
Wow - 61 to 61 votes.
It's aeroplane, but "airplane" is fine too (albeit an Americanisation).
I see it as "Aeroplane" because planes are vehicles that exploit aerodynamics in order to achieve flight, air is just the medium they use for transport.
For instance:
"I drive a car" as opposed to "I drive a motorcar" or "I drive a road car".
"I fly in a plane" as opposed to "I fly in an aeroplane" or "I fly in an airplane".
But I find myself calling them planes a lot of the time.
It's aeroplane, but "airplane" is fine too (albeit an Americanisation).
I see it as "Aeroplane" because planes are vehicles that exploit aerodynamics in order to achieve flight, air is just the medium they use for transport.
For instance:
"I drive a car" as opposed to "I drive a motorcar" or "I drive a road car".
"I fly in a plane" as opposed to "I fly in an aeroplane" or "I fly in an airplane".
But I find myself calling them planes a lot of the time.
This sums it up for me, it's what works with your dialect. Hearing you colonial folk using UK terminology ('Skint') for example or if I was to say 'Buck'. Hell, just thinking the word sounds strange. But if it was said with an American accent I doubt it would even register as a thing.EmperorSubcutaneous said:
But as for the case in hand, if I make a point of thinking of the word Airplane it conjures up images of one of those particularly intelligent* American accents. Perhaps Texan? One of those accents that could be used whilst explaining nuclear physics and I'd still be completely convinced they had the intellectual capacity of a cabbage.
*sarcasm.
That said as a Geordie I don't think I get to comment on anybody's accent making them sound stupid. Although we did get voted as having the most trustable accent... because nobody thinks we're smart enough to trick them. -.-
You'd think because it would be completely stupid to pronounce it any other way it would just be ca-ra-mel but apparently car-mel is common pronunciation in America.Richardplex said:
I guess I'd best change my vote then. From now on I will say Flugzeug. Best word, translation: Flying train.SckizoBoy said:
I'm afraid I just did quote you. bazinga
It's airplane in America, but I know they use aeroplane in other countries. You should just say it the way the locals do, that makes everyone happy.
However I would like to point out that my computer is so American that the word 'aeroplane' shows up as a misspelling in my auto correct.
However I would like to point out that my computer is so American that the word 'aeroplane' shows up as a misspelling in my auto correct.
I see. Well at least that's just laziness rather than.... whatever they're doing with aluminium.The Unworthy Gentleman said:
The advent of the internet means that argument doesn't really hold water.TheTurtleMan said:
A combination of Latin, Greek, German, French & Arabic... along with a smattering of fuck-knows how many other languages...theparsonski said:
(sorry, had to...(!))
PS - hope your audition turns out well...
*snrk* Same here... I'll have to go for 'other' as well, since I actually do say feigei(1).Necron_warrior said:
And just for a dig: 4+ haha, nerfed... ¬_¬
Oddly enough this reminds me of a debate we once had about wiping habits on the toilet on this very forum. It was an even split, and the half who sat while wiping couldn't believe there was another way of doing it, while the half who stood couldn't even considr that sitting was an option.
Anyway, on topic. Most of the time I use aeroplane, but occasionally I slip into airplane, most of the time because I've been watching American tv shows. It seems to me that airplane is more of an American term than aeroplane.
Anyway, on topic. Most of the time I use aeroplane, but occasionally I slip into airplane, most of the time because I've been watching American tv shows. It seems to me that airplane is more of an American term than aeroplane.
Really? I was raised by My grandparents mostly (Hull and Bristol) and was taught to use the long O.The Unworthy Gentleman said: