(August 23, 2022 at 6:16 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(August 23, 2022 at 4:47 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The word 'helicopter' is often and erroneously divided into 'heli' and 'copter'. It's actually formed from the Greek roots helico (spiral) and pter 'wing').
Boru
Except in "pilotspeak" - spiral is associated with crashing.
I.e. "He got his tail shot off and he spiraled in."
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So probably not a good choice...
I’m happy to see you grasp that the same word can have more than one meaning. Baby steps.
Boru
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