Aeroplane?
Some Canadian comments would be appreciated.
2006-09-16 01:18:28 · 11 answers · asked by djejvj 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Are we talking about the spell checker? It has several built-in "blonde moments."
It insists that "internet" is a proper noun (and should be capitalized).
It often complains to me that the word "their" needs splitting up (I'll be damned if I can figure out what you can split it into!).
There are definitely more, none of which have apparently irritated me enough yet to readily remember.
Bottom line: you know what the word is - don't believe the computer; it's only as smart as the person who programmed it is thorough.
BTW - "airplane" IS a single word, at least in the US
p.s. - it just insisted that "blonde" should be "Blondie"
2006-09-16 01:25:19 · answer #1 · answered by DidacticRogue 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I just checked my Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English, and "aeroplane" is not even in there. "Airplane" is, and it is a single word.
In Canada at least, aeroplane must not be the recognized spelling.
This spell check has also on occasion told me that "there" should be two words.
2006-09-16 01:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by Canadian Ken 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because theist is pronounced differently to atheist. The atheist makes the ei sound like "e" instead of "a" but I'm not totally confident that that is the reason. Perhaps it is true, as creatrix suggests, that atheists are for some reason better spellers. If it were it would certainly result in atheist being spelt incorrectly more often as atheists use the word theist most often while everyone uses the word atheist.
2016-03-27 03:52:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No wonder people are complaining about the Yahoo! spellchecker!! I don't use it myself, I prefer to use my built in British English spellchecker - which doesn't like the word 'spellchecker' incidentally!
; )
Anyway, 'airplane' IS a valid word in America and Canada. Don't know about any other countries that might accept it though..! Aeroplane is the only acceptable spelling for it in English, although it's often just shortened to plane for convenience! (Laziness, in other words...!)
2006-09-16 20:19:05 · answer #4 · answered by _ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aeroplane is a single word.
2006-09-16 01:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original was aeroplane. It is one word.
2006-09-16 01:20:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's airplane. Oh, I see what you mean, I just spellchecked it. This is not the first time this spellchecker has been incorrect. I've had to resort to my trusty Oxford Canadian dictionary!
2006-09-16 01:29:43 · answer #7 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aeroplane drove "airplane" out of circulation ! ...
The age old saying... bad money drives good money out of circulation !
2006-09-16 01:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Airplane is the correct spelling according to Merriam Webster's dictionary.
2006-09-16 02:45:41 · answer #9 · answered by rhymer 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Surely you mean ''aeroplane''?
2006-09-16 01:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋