HANGAR: a garage for parking aircraft
hang•ar hăng′ər, hăng′gər►

n.
A shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft.
n.
a large building at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained.
n.
A large garage-like structure where aircraft are kept.


HANGER:
hang•er hăng′ər►

n.
One who hangs something.
n.
A contrivance to which something hangs or by which something is hung, as.
n.
A device around which a garment is draped for hanging from a hook or rod.

I'm sorry; but seeing people in the aviation industry not knowing the difference....it's one of my pet peeves.

Was in the air charter business for thirty years before I realized my partner didn't know the diff.

I have the same reaction to those who say "nucular" instead of "nuclear".

andy wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:27 am

I have the same reaction to those who say "nucular" instead of "nuclear".

And what about 'there' instead of 'their'.... I see it often...

“Comprised of” vs “comprises”

Andy Young wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 07, 2021 7:31 am

“Comprised of” vs “comprises”

I'm guilty.

But "comprised of" is an idiom meaning the same as "comprises". I guess I grew up in an area where "comprised of" was part of the local dialect. Unlike "there vs their" and "hanger vs hangar", at least 'comprised of' means that same as 'comprises' and is accepted as correct in some areas of the country.

It is irratating that our language gets misused until the misused term is eventually accepted... but I guess it is normal for languages to morph over time.

Although I do own several airplane hangers...

Flyhound wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:22 am

Although I do own several airplane hangers...

I love it!

Are your airplane hangers hanging in a hangar?

Sorry

Y'all's as tuff a grammatical ,spelling and english composition group as some of those RV guys over on VAF. Couple of those fellows get all bent out of shape over conditional inspection vs.condition inspection

Note: this is coming from a guy who thinks it's perfectly acceptable to be creative in your interpretations of how some words aughts to be spelt.

Now that is funny! Needed that, thanks

Aerobatic vs acrobatic. I have to bite my tongue every time.

Well, here in Scotland we’re sometimes obliged to cut a bit of slack to folks who struggle a bit with our perfect English:

https://youtu.be/NzS3AdzZ0Nw