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Originally Posted by traveller
Missil
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Now, playing semantics, the Yanks are more correct than we are there.
I always like to pronounce things as the inventors did.
The word Missile is derived from the German Mistel (Mistletoe - the fruit/tree), which was a WW2 Wunder Weapon (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistel). The Krauts pronunciation of it is closer to missil than missile
Like as much as it PAINS me, I sometimes will use Airplane instead of Aeroplane (and NEVER Plane) - afterall, it was 2 Yanks that created the first successful heavier than air aircraft