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Enourmo posted:They actually do spell it al-u-min-i-um, though. Whoever wrote that paper thought it fit better with names like lithium, sodium, titanium, etc. Nevermind that platinum and lanthanum exist, two outliers from the pattern is fine but three is just unacceptable. It is convention* that the names of metals would end in -ium. Titanium, beryllium, sodium, calcium, iridium, magnesium, etc. So by that logic aluminium is more correct. Other conventions*: Halogens end in -ine (chlorine, iodine, astatine). Noble gases end in -on (argon, krypton, neon). I say * because there were tons of exceptions to the rule from the beginning. Any element that already had a name generally kept it (iron, zinc, sulfur). Sometimes the scientists just didn't care and used -um instead of -ium because it sounded better (platinum, tantalum). Sometimes they were wrong about what an element was (helium was first discovered in the sun's spectrum, and was believed to be the metal that the sun was made out of, hence -ium ending). Sometimes they just didn't give a poo poo, for instance when naming boron, which is not a noble gas and is just called that based on an old Persian word, or tungsten, which is just Swedish for "heavy stone." tl;dr: there is no pattern, it's all meaningless 
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Ola posted:The Brits pronounce "Wurlington-Weatherington Houghman Harleybone" as "wuffbun" so they clearly aren't to be trusted around syllables. Worchestershire
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Godholio posted:Worchestershire "Glue-sister?" "Gloucester, sir." I could tell you a story about salt-water language fuckery in Newfoundland but I'm sorta hesitant to it is so odd
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Nebakenezzer posted:"Glue-sister?" No need to gild the lily, let's hear it.
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Sagebrush posted:It is convention* that the names of metals would end in -ium. Titanium, beryllium, sodium, calcium, iridium, magnesium, etc. So by that logic aluminium is more correct. It makes me angry that “Moscovium” brings “–ium” to the pnictogens.
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Platystemon posted:It makes me angry that “Moscovium” brings “–ium” to the pnictogens. This is some pro level posting right here. 
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joat mon posted:No need to gild the lily, let's hear it. OK, so there's a generic Canadian rural accent (think "talks like the trailer park boys") and the Newfoundland accent is like that but with a few unique expressions thrown in, and a bit more twang - maybe a dash of Texas or something. I like it, its kinda Irish and its kinda Canadian. Add to that (and this is based on where you grew up) you might have additional stuff, usually like a regional UK accent. I used to work in a bakery in Newfoundland and one of my coworkers used to use "he" and "she" like she lifted it from "Where Be that Blackbird Be." Anyway, I told this story a few times to the people, and they all, regardless of accent, found this story hilarious: So it's near Christmas and I'm stocking the floor and a co-worker, Tanya calls me over to help a little old lady. Tonya has a pretty thick accent; kind of a mumbly-Manchester type thing, and I think most of you might have a little trouble understanding her until you got acquainted with it. I didn't realize it at the time, but Tonya had been abjectly defeated by this little old lady. The little old lady turns to me and asks "D'ye 'ave any 'ok o's?" "I'm sorry?" " 'ok o's, d'ye 'have any 'ok o's?" I'm stumped. "What is that?" " 'ok o's! Ye sell 'em here all the time! Only I want them that aren't filled yet, the h'mty ones." My brain is sorta hardlocked by this. The bakery has lots and lots of things with filling, so saying "like those, but empty" isn't much help. In desperation I ask her to find me an example of what she is talking about (this usually causes the customer to go away.) To my surprise she comes back quickly, with some tarts. I'm glad we're getting somewhere, but I'm still sorta baffled. She repeats what she just said, and two and two finally go together: she's looking for frozen pastry shells, specifically tart shells. I'm pretty sure the market stocks those, but in frozen, not in the bakery. Before I send her off there, I ask her what she's calling the tarts. With only a slight bit of exacerbation, she says " 'ok o's, Y'know! R-O-C-K H-O-L-E-S!" Yeah, " 'ok o's" is "rock holes" - evidently a name for tarts I've never heard before, sorta like cockney rhyming slang, but with half the letters dropped, just for fun?
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“Rockhole” + “tart” or “pastry” or “bakery” doesn’t turn up anything relevant on Google, so I’m at a loss. Possibly an old, regional brand name? 
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Also, Where ya to, and whatcha at? And something habout dropping yer haitches from where der supposed to go, and putting em where dey hain't I worked on a crew of mostly newfies for several years. Ireland's only colony.
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StandardVC10 posted:I don't even know what this thread is about anymore.  This thread is about Lockheed Super Constellations.
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Dec 15, 2016 03:41
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Platystemon posted:“Rockhole” + “tart” or “pastry” or “bakery” doesn’t turn up anything relevant on Google, so I’m at a loss. Tart = slut = cock hole = rock hole ? (Delivered via little old lady)
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StandardVC10 posted:I don't even know what this thread is about anymore. I literally looked at the title after scrolling down and seeing nothing but that. But let's get back on track. This thread is about beautiful planes. 
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Inacio posted:But let's get back on track. This thread is about beautiful planes. Five head.
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Inacio posted:This thread is about beautiful planes.  drat right.
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Inacio posted:I literally looked at the title after scrolling down and seeing nothing but that. Beautiful airplanes, and also the A380.
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Inacio posted:I literally looked at the title after scrolling down and seeing nothing but that. nice Deus Ex paint job, not an attractive airplane
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Platystemon posted:“Rockhole” + “tart” or “pastry” or “bakery” doesn’t turn up anything relevant on Google, so I’m at a loss. I can tell you that the "farther out" a outport is, the weirder the idioms and expressions get. It ends in call my bluff style linguistic weirdness even to people who know where to drop the H and add the E or vice versa Finger Prince posted:Also, Examples for the confused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwcZzvlLP-w&t=672s What's this thread? Right. AIRPLANES: [ugh, google "Graf Zeppelin" and like the second result is from that anime ship girlfriend game] 
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Dec 15, 2016 04:35
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The p-39 was a collection of what seemed like good ideas that was somehow less than the sum of the whole. </opinion>
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Ardeem posted:The p-39 was a collection of what seemed like good ideas that was somehow less than the sum of the whole. </opinion> It was quite fast down low, could have it's wings loaded very lightly, and dove like a champ. It had some real redeeming characteristics and didn't use a particularly rare engine setup., it's just that the US didn't have much use for exactly the sort of fighter the USSR wanted.
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Also with a mid-mounted engine it had a serious balance problem, to the point where the recovery technique from a spin at less than 10,000 feet was "bail out".
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Needs more Connie or Phantoms
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Syrian Lannister posted:Needs more Connie or Phantoms Okay.        ...yeah, they were pretty much the only reason I went to Aviation Nation.
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I post this every time but goddamn the Phantom is the Best Jet.
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The Phantom always looks so clunky and unaerodynamic to me, like a Warthog. It breaks my brain to reconcile that with how loving fast it is.
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Inacio posted:I literally looked at the title after scrolling down and seeing nothing but that. Airbus A- 
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Finger Prince posted:Also, Knew that was newfie before I finished reading it. I also worked on a few construction developments years ago and there were a lot of newfies. My boss was an old Price Edward Islander - funniest guy ever when he got angry. A fun thing to start him rambling was "what's your favorite potato?" Humphreys fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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Previa_fun posted:I post this every time but goddamn the Phantom is the Best Jet. Huh that's a funny way of spelling Tomcat. 
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Duke Chin posted:Huh that's a funny way of spelling Tomcat. Maybe if you like your jets sitting in the hangar instead of actually flying Also I will always have a soft spot for Rhinos after I saw one fly by at nearly eye level when I was visiting the Parthenon 
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Actual, indisputable best jet:
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Mortabis posted:Actual, indisputable best jet: Till you pass over the dateline 
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Mortabis posted:Actual, indisputable best jet: Good to see the Mortabis Rule still in effect. And I don't even like the xf 23! [Phantom Supreme] ThisIsJohnWayne fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Dec 15, 2016 |
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Good to see the Mortabis Rule still in effect. And I don't even like the xf 23! [Phantom Supreme] The F-22 is a legit amazing aircraft though. I mean by all means poo poo on Mortabis when he makes his usual dumb posts but in this case he's actually correct.
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Much like Pokemon, all jets are in some way awesome and cool (except you, F-104 Starfighter, go away.)
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Syrian Lannister posted:Needs more Connie or Phantoms Your wish is my command:    Davin Valkri posted:(except you, F-104 Starfighter, go away.) What kind of terrible life choices could possibly have brought you to this, the wrongest opinion?    
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Davin Valkri posted:Much like Pokemon, all jets are in some way awesome and cool (except you, F-104 Starfighter, go away.) Come on, the 104 nailed it. Best fighter-bomber in the whole field.
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xthetenth posted:Come on, the 104 nailed it. Best fighter-bomber in the whole field. You could say they hit the bullseye.
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xthetenth posted:Come on, the 104 nailed it. Best fighter-bomb
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