Talk:English Wordbook/A

anent 'AIR: I know "air" is a French root, but it is a perfectly understandable English word. The distinction between "air" and "sky" is a REALLY useful one. So unless you intend on bringing back to life "loft"'s sense of "air", then there really is no better word. Sure, "flyer, skyman", these both work in this instance (despite "airman" being THE plain English word). However, what about when the distinction between sky and air becomes crucial? For instance, I forewhile listed "airmeter" for "altometer". Is this to become "skymeter" now? I hope not... I say we put back "airman" (and co), but just shunt it to the back of the list (for not being "pure" English). :) BryanAJParry 23:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)