Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On 3/10/25 7:10 AM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 10/03/2025 05:09, rbowman wrote:

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.

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

   Americans are practical ...   :-)
   Pronounce it straight-up and simply.