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Montblack wrote:
("Mike Rapoport" wrote) Pet peeve...its Sierra not Sierras, the word is already plural. What's the singular? Siera? Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountains Rockies ?????? Mountain ?????? Mountains Sierras Montblack Sierra is Spanish for "Mountain Range." The word Sierra is not plural, but it does refer to all the mountains in the range. You would use Sierras to refer to multiple mountain ranges, not multiple mountains. HTH |
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Mike,
American Heritage Dictionary defines a sierra is "a rugged range of mountains having an irregular or jagged profile". I did a quick web search and found sierras being used quite often. Here are some old sources: Book: In the Heart of the Sierras by James M. Hutchings (1888) Movies: Springtime in the Sierras (1947); King of the Sierras (1938) So if there are more than one mountan ranges, it appears that the plural term sierras is used such as Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas in Spain http://www.andalucia.com/environment...ct/cazorla.htm |
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"Legrande Harris" wrote The plane and engine have to be in perfect condition. Perfect engines fail, too. Right? -- Jim in NC |
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Nice web site.
Have you ever considered home brewing a fire protectin system for your house? A pipe on the roof with holes drilled in it to keep the shingles wet. Directional irrigation sprinklers keeping the walls wet. A high volume irrigation pump, I'm thinking gas, so power outages will not be a problem. Pump out of the swimming pool. If you don't have a pool, now you have an excuse to get one! -- Jim in NC |
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Morgans wrote: Perfect engines fail, too. Right? Yep. One that quit on takeoff at Kupper was a Mattituck overhaul with only a few hours on it. That's about as perfect as you're gonna get in this world. The CFI did a fantastic job of returning to the airport from about 600' AGL, refused the offer of a drink, and went home (presumably to change). George Patterson I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company. |
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message news:wWqTd.5072 Pet peeve...its Sierra not Sierras, the word is already plural. But we are talking about a proper noun. If my last name meant "many good looking people" in Italian and you invited my family and I to your house you wouldn't say "Damn we are lucky enough to have the Giacona coming over tonight." You would say, "Damn we are lucky enough to have the Giaconas coming over tonight. We better get more wine." |
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Gig 601XL Builder wrote: But we are talking about a proper noun. If my last name meant "many good looking people" in Italian and you invited my family and I to your house you wouldn't say "Damn we are lucky enough to have the Giacona coming over tonight." You would say, "Damn we are lucky enough to have the Giaconas coming over tonight. We better get more wine." But you would never say "the Appalachian ranges." For the same reason, you should never say "the Sierras" when you're talking about the Sierra Nevada. George Patterson I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company. |
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"George Patterson" wrote in message
... But you would never say "the Appalachian ranges." For the same reason, you should never say "the Sierras" when you're talking about the Sierra Nevada. If we were speaking Spanish, and we were speaking only of some generic "sierra", that would be correct. However, you cannot apply the original rules to words borrowed from other languages and expect them to still make sense in English (in this case...this isn't particular to English), especially when the borrowed word becomes a proper noun. A borrowed word, in the language that borrowed it, inherets brand new rules, completely independent of the original language from whence it came. I have about as many language pet peeves as anyone, but IMHO this is one that the owner's of said pet peeve just need to get over already. Pete |
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OK but when referring to the Sierra Nevada mountans the correct word is
Sierra. Mike MU-2 wrote in message ups.com... Mike, American Heritage Dictionary defines a sierra is "a rugged range of mountains having an irregular or jagged profile". I did a quick web search and found sierras being used quite often. Here are some old sources: Book: In the Heart of the Sierras by James M. Hutchings (1888) Movies: Springtime in the Sierras (1947); King of the Sierras (1938) So if there are more than one mountan ranges, it appears that the plural term sierras is used such as Sierras de Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas in Spain http://www.andalucia.com/environment...ct/cazorla.htm |
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Tell you an interesting story about professional pilots ...
I was bumming a ride in the jump seat of a Saab 340A - the reason I was there was because I wasn't prepared to fly a light twin with a single-engine service ceiling of around 4250 at night over terrain that requires a MSA of around 8000 feet. Without any suggestion from me, 2 seperate crews immediately came to the same conclusion I did - and that is "if you were going to do that flight then you would want to track around the coast" (ie at sea level). In my opinion these crews both have a safety oriented attitude - on the other hand many of the pilots I know would do that flight at night in a single - their best attempt at "risk management" being "the aeroplane doesn't know it's night" I know which bunch I'd send my family flying with! "Morgans" wrote in message ... "Cockpit Colin" wrote Unfortunately, too many pilots continue to accept too high a level of risk - and as a result, they keep on dying horrible deaths. I'm with you. Saying that you accept the risks, because you are a professional pilot, is a cop-out of a reason. A true professional would not accept missions of undue risk, and wait for conditions more acceptable, and manageable. What's that saying about old pilots, and bold pilots? -- Jim in NC |
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