Sujet : Re: The joy of FORTRAN
De : c186282 (at) *nospam* nnada.net (c186282)
Groupes : alt.folklore.computers comp.os.linux.miscDate : 12. Mar 2025, 09:47:57
Autres entêtes
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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.
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