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Taxyway or Taxiway.
OK, which way do you spell it ?
Even official charts differ. I've always been a "Y" advocate.
Max Reheat
14th Sep 2012, 10:35
Taxyway.
The other spelling is for taxi cabs, IMHO.
de facto
14th Sep 2012, 10:38
And yet so many things to learn as a pilot....:E
I vote for taxIway anytime.
Al Murdoch
14th Sep 2012, 10:44
It's definitely taxy... Always has been. Not sure how it got hijacked. We'll be keeping aeroplanes in hangers next.
So here it is in an example page from the AIP spelt with an "I" (bottom centre of page)
http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic/pamslight-141947ECBE6170100396F0BE43A07A37/7FE5QZZF3FXUS/EN/Charts/AD/AIRAC/EG_AD_2_EGLC_2-2_en_2011-11-17.pdf
This all started in a spelling correction I made, a discussion here in the office over the spelling, and I then said "let me show you the AIP, that will fix you all" - and then I found this .... !
By the way, we did obliquely move on to Hangar as well, of course.
de facto
14th Sep 2012, 10:47
ICAO,FAA and UK CAA use an I ,just like the cab....:E
what next
14th Sep 2012, 11:22
Hi!
ICAO,FAA and UK CAA use an I ,just like the cab...
Of course, but never mynd, thys here is a purely Brytysh thyng ;)
Let me quote from Wykypedya:
"By the time of Middle English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English), /y/ had lost its roundedness (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundedness) and became identical to I (/iː/ and /ɪ/). Therefore, many words that originally had I were spelled with Y, and vice-versa."
Here in Germany we have had a big spelling reform about 15 years ago and still a lot of people refuse to write the new way. Britain has had it's reform 500 years ago and still some people...
DaveReidUK
14th Sep 2012, 12:23
Does it really matter aniway ?
Capn Bloggs
14th Sep 2012, 14:27
Helllloooo...that aeroplane is taxiing along that taxiway. Got it?!
pattern_is_full
14th Sep 2012, 16:04
Depends on how high the landing fees are - I've travelled on some definite TAX-yways!
Google finds "taxy" 3.2 million times - and "taxi" 498 million times. The "I's" have it.
FlightPathOBN
14th Sep 2012, 20:25
ICAO annex 14, Aerodrome Design and Operations...
Taxi
I dont think I have ever seen it spelled taxy....
Al Murdoch
14th Sep 2012, 20:41
Well you have now.
Halfbaked_Boy
14th Sep 2012, 20:53
pattern_is_full,
Well if we're going to be precise, putting the two words into google "with these" around them gives the following -
"Taxiway" - 2,260,000 results
"Taxyway" - 24,800 results
and
"Taxiing" - 2,870,000 results
"Taxying" - 196,000 results
It seems 'Taxi/Taxiing' it is then, not that it matters!
Captain Capstan
15th Sep 2012, 02:11
I can't recall ever spelling taxiway with 2 ys in my 42 years of flying.
HAWK21M
4th Oct 2012, 09:40
Out here... its TAXIWAY.
Glonass
4th Oct 2012, 11:27
Taxywaii you fools
Airmann
5th Oct 2012, 12:35
Taxi | Define Taxi at Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taxi?s=t)
taxi
1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare" (1898), from Fr. taximètre, from Ger. Taxameter (1890), coined from M.L. taxa "tax, charge." An earlier Eng. form was taxameter (1894), used in horse-drawn cabs.
chauffeur-driven automobile available for hire to carry passengers between any two points within a city or its suburbs for a fare determined by a meter or zone system (http://www.reference.com/browse/zone+system) or a flat rate. The taxicab is named after the taximeter, an instrument invented by Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891 that automatically recorded the distance traveled and/or the time consumed, thus enabling the fare to be accurately measured. The term cab derives from the cabriolet, a two-wheeled, one-horse carriage often let out for hire
Taxy | Define Taxy at Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taxy?s=t)
-taxy
variant of -taxis (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-taxis): heterotaxy.
-taxis | Define -taxis at Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-taxis)
-taxis or -taxy — n combining form 1. indicating movement towards or away from a specified stimulus: thermotaxis 2. order or arrangement: phyllotaxis
TeachMe
5th Oct 2012, 21:12
And the wonders of Google Adwords to find relevant adds - was reading not logged in and the ad at the bottom was for instant Taxi insurance and a picture of a London Taxi. :)
anotheruser
6th Oct 2012, 07:30
Does anybody know why the movement of aircraft on ground is called "taxiing" at all? I mean, it has nothing to do with a taxi, where you pay for being driven.
Alex757
6th Oct 2012, 08:40
In Science, Taxis is a type of response to a stimulus. Taxis is a "specific, directed motion in response to a stimulus"
Not sure if this has anything to do with it?
bubbers44
6th Oct 2012, 10:35
Webster has dozens of uses of taxiway, non of taxyway. Nuf said.
OverRun
6th Oct 2012, 10:47
When used on airports, it is taxiway :ok:
Piltdown Man
6th Oct 2012, 11:14
This is another example of what happens to your language when you share it with foreigners. In Britain, it used to be taxy, but it has now been corrupted. It's a bit like having those bloody Zs where you should have Ss. Like "blow' instead of "suck," etc. I'm also a little insulted that Mirriam-Webster is being used as a reference.
Well done USA on getting Abu. You'll find him an ugly, unpleasant, expensive individual with a litigious habit - which you'll pay for. Oh yes, his favourite foods are Smarties, soup, spagetti and peas.