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:
 

The original Tom Swift books date to before Curtiss, so that Tom
Swift's airplane (or was it still aeroplane?) used wing warping.

 
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.

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'.