Re: The joy of FORTRAN

On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:10:41 +0000, 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
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Americans couldn't cope with the diphthong though.

 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. The question is it really needs to be
turned into a three syllable word with the addition of 'o'.