Helicopter

Eintrag vom: 21.12.2013.

Can you tell me what situation you have in mind. Do you want to meet somebody there? Do you want to tell them that it is noisy for example where you are and then you want to explain that you are in the subway( while talking on the phone) Do you want to let somebody know that you are on your way home?

 

The problem is that a return flight can mean both an outward and inward flight together or just literally a return flight depending on context.

 

You wouldn't say something like "Tom took me to the school grounds. I rode on his bike. He rode it skillfully but the ride was a bit too bumpy on the dirt road right before the school "

 

Hi there conventionally do we say " take a flight " or " take a plane " ? Thank you very much.

 

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".

 

"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 ...

 

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.