[Proposal] aeroplane → airplane

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  • July 24, 2026 at 9:05 pm #1569
    zhonglish
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    This is a proposal to retire the word aeroplane in favor of airplane.

    British spelling from French aéroplane. An airplane flies in air, not aero.

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    July 24, 2026 at 10:20 pm #1859
    willpets
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    An airplane flies in air, not ‘aero.’ The Greek root was dropped in American English and nobody misses it.

    Airplane is descriptive, phonetic, and shorter. Plane works too.

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