Helicopter

Kategorie: Verkehr: Helicopter:


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Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.


Hi there conventionally do we say " take a flight " or " take a plane " ? Thank you very much.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/take-a-plane-vs-take-a-flight.3475940/
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But helicopter is supposed to have a three-syllable part and a one-syllable part: helico+pter I think it should have followed the same stress pattern as heliotrope but the last syllable does not seem "natural". "Copter" (or "opter") just sounds more like a word than "pter".
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/phonetics-in-helicopter.1810012/
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"He arrived on the helicopter that came in an hour ago." In the context you provided gengo I admit it doesn't sound funny because it conjures up an image of a large military size helicopter that does regular runs from A to B. Addition of "that came in an hour ago" suggests to me that there is a helicopter schedule. If it were a small 2-seater ...
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/get-in-on-a-helicopter.3454536/
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When you are in a helicopter you would be able to indicate where to go or how to fly because there are not so many people in that. I guess this would be a reason you feel "on the/a helicopter" sounds funny.
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/preposition-in-on-by-helicopter.657840/
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