| religon | 07 Jul 2011 8:14 a.m. PST |
You board a boat.
You disembark a boat. You board an airplane.
You also disembark an airplane. Nobody deboats, but deplaning is allowed. Deplaning seems something best done with a SAM. I'll leave the Tattoo jokes and required imagery to others.
Triggered by the following…
TMP link |
| Terrement | 07 Jul 2011 8:53 a.m. PST |
"Buh bye!" I too dislike "deplane" and other similarly atrocious words. JJ |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 07 Jul 2011 8:59 a.m. PST |
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| Doug em4miniatures | 07 Jul 2011 9:14 a.m. PST |
"We would like to draw your attention to our safety features on board this aircraft AT THIS TIME…!" What's wromg with "now" And don't they sometimes say debark which is surely a cruel canine operation…? Doug |
| CLDISME | 07 Jul 2011 10:00 a.m. PST |
Because "alighting" is too confusing. |
| dmclellan | 07 Jul 2011 10:46 a.m. PST |
Also, some passengers (those with small children) are allowed to "pre-board" To me, either you board the plane or you don't. |
 20thmaine  | 07 Jul 2011 11:38 a.m. PST |
Is it religon or Terrement that the editor is calling a "baby daddy" ? |
| Buff Orpington | 07 Jul 2011 12:08 p.m. PST |
Ouster, what is that? The verb is to oust. If you need it as a noun it is ousting. |
| Black Cavalier | 07 Jul 2011 12:14 p.m. PST |
What's wrong with "deplane"? Hervé Villechaize used it to great effect every week in Fantasy Island. |
| Terrement | 07 Jul 2011 12:39 p.m. PST |
He wasn't saying "de plane" he was saying "deep lane" telling the ground crew where the aircraft with the pontoons was landing. They didn't show the episodes when he was saying "air strip" as the folks who landed there and their stories tended to be even more dull and boring, and one group of new hires on the island thought the horny midget was telling them to do an open air striptease, much to their confusion and the dismay of those who saw the few who obliged. |
| Who asked this joker | 07 Jul 2011 12:45 p.m. PST |
Would you prefer detrain? |
| Farstar | 07 Jul 2011 1:48 p.m. PST |
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| 20thmaine | 07 Jul 2011 1:52 p.m. PST |
Do astronauts deshuttle ? |
| 20thmaine | 07 Jul 2011 1:53 p.m. PST |
Sorry, one more launch and that question should be – " Did astronauts deshuttle ?" . Sad that. |
| Farstar | 07 Jul 2011 2:13 p.m. PST |
Do astronauts deshuttle ?
Only after deorbiting. |
| lugal hdan | 07 Jul 2011 2:50 p.m. PST |
Too soon, 20thmaine, too soon. |
| CPT Jake | 07 Jul 2011 3:26 p.m. PST |
I always liked being told to "Orientate my map". Idjits….
Jake
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| lgkmas | 08 Jul 2011 2:24 a.m. PST |
I agree with Doug.
That always sounds to me that they are getting in quickly and telling us about the safety features "… at this time.." because they might change later. A better way might be to say, "Now we will take you through the safety features." |
| Cerdic | 08 Jul 2011 7:48 a.m. PST |
I've never heard anyone say 'deplane'. If I did I may have to take issue in a loud and obnoxious way. Just say 'GET OFF'! |
 John the OFM | 08 Jul 2011 10:59 a.m. PST |
You do NOT primer figures. You prime them.
If you are the guy who primers a figure, does that make you the primerer?
So there. And when did alternate life styles become alternative? |
| asa1066 | 09 Jul 2011 7:21 a.m. PST |
Stephen Fry has some really neat things to say about language use: YouTube link David S. |
| Cerdic | 11 Jul 2011 3:39 a.m. PST |
To alternate is to switch between two things. From one to the other and back again. An alternative is a different option. |
