On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Clive Smith wrote:

> fuselages - note the still common acceptance of the original French for most
> aircraft parts - 'fuuuwzelaaage', lovely innit, one hardly has to ask what
> it is. Try 'empennage' now there's another GREAT word, what would we call
> that now in the US, a blister - YUK!.

Nah, in the US we call it a 'tail'.  Now, a nacelle we could call a
'blister', but we don't -- we have *some* decency.  Ailerons we just call
ailerons, though we did bastardize it into 'flaperon' for planes with
combined control surfaces.  What do the French call elevators and rudders?

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