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[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Right, the distinction I'm making is this isn't just "normalized" but actually the correct spelling. As in, if a newspaper editor saw it written as "drive-through" they would be obliged to correct it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

All my homies call them aerodromes.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My kid calls it a plane station and frankly it’s growing on me

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I’m down for that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Or we could go with train-port.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna take a ride in a aero

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

“I would like to send this letter to the Prussian Consulate in Siam by aeromail. Am I too late for the 4.30 autogyro?”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

How about a nite-lite?