Not actually a shower thought, saw an old document that labeled it air-port. I don’t think I would have ever made the connection.

(I’ve found people can be rude about word breakdowns, but I’m posting it anyway. Be better.)

  • Awkwardly_Frank@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Side note: port isn’t the only terminology aviation has stolen from seafaring. For example: airspeed is measured in knots. Captain, pilot, and first officer were all used aboard ships first as well.

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      4 months ago

      Don’t forget mile high club!

      …of coarse, pirates were at sea for months with a boat full of drugs, and no women.

      What? You never considered the possibility that old timey pirates were a boat full of gay dudes high off their ass?

      Speaking of their asses…