Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 11/03/2025 18:27, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-03-11, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
 

On 10/03/2025 21:02, rbowman wrote:
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:10:41 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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On 10/03/2025 05:09, rbowman wrote:
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On 09 Mar 2025 21:56:33 -0400, Rich Alderson wrote:
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The original Tom Swift books date to before Curtiss, so that Tom
Swift's airplane (or was it still aeroplane?) used wing warping.

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Probably. My brother went to college to become an AE when he got back
from WWII and always said 'aeroplane'. I suppose it was consistent as
he spent his career in the aerospace industry.

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Aeroplane was the original spelling
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Americans couldn't cope with the diphthong though.

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Unless Brits say the word very strangely, which is entirely possible, the
AE has neither the long e (algae) or long i (alumnae) value.  'Air' and
'Aer' are pronounced the same.

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By Americns.
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The question is it really needs to be
turned into a three syllable word with the addition of 'o'.
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No, the question is why Americans who are soi find of inventing
polysyllabic words like 'burglarize' or 'copacetic;' couldn't cope with
three syllables.

 "'Orientate' is an example of the trend toward polysyllabificationizing."
 

Its probably because they didn't invent the word.

 Ah, the NIH syndrome.
 

Aeroplane: late 19th century: from French aéroplane, from aéro- ‘air’ +
Greek -planos ‘wandering’.

 I've alwaqys thought of "plane" in the sense of a boat planing,
although I've heard there are differences.
 

I dont actually believe in that planos shit. In French plane is, as in English, a flat surface.
Plane: early 17th century: from Latin planum ‘flat surface’, neuter of the adjective planus ‘plain’.
Hence Biplanes and Monoplanes and SesquiPlanes
That's what comes in trusting Google AI.
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