[PRCo] Re: ÆROPORT

[Fred Schneider]

Suggest aerodrome might be British and airdrome American???  It is
Microsoft and Netscape.  I never tried to toggle on the British spelling
in order to see if it is different.

Jim Holland wrote:

> Good Morning!
>
> >> Fred Schneider wrote:
>
> >> Airdrome = Ardmore.  Damn spell check.
>
> > Donald Galt wrote:
>
> > Thought you were being clever.
>
> > What sort of spell-checker is that? "Aerodrome" is
> > familiar enough, but I have never encountered "airdrome."
>
> > Don
>
>         According to  *Webster's__School__Dictionary*  (1980 by
> Merriam and Company)  AIRDROME  is aka  AIRPORT.
>
>         Maybe  *aerodrome*  was originally  *ÆRODROME*  which is too
> complicated for us moderns and it got watered down to
> AIRDROME.
>
>         But I understand there is a new definition to  AIRDROME
> which Oxford is considering for addition to the dictionary:
> Transit for Air-Heads!
>
>         Stranger things have happened.
>
> As An Aside.......
>
>         .......In response to the forward about
> Roller-Copaster-Transit posted on another list, someone
> thought it might mean resurrecting the 87-Ardmore.   I  AM
> certainly for that    ----    let's get started and vote One
> (or Two if possible) Derrick Brashear's to Spear-Head
> *The__Return__of__the__87--Ardmore__TrolleyCar*   Group!
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