Endangered Words and Phrases

<<Do young people in the US use the word "lovely" these days? I use it fairly frequently, but I don't think I hear it much now, except in British movies & TV.>>

I'm 22 and I pretty much only use it in an ironic or facetious sense. In fact I can't imagine myself using it sincerely--I would use some other adjective.

Yeah the only time I hear fornight is when reading Jane Austen or something like that (although, that's not really hearing..my bad). We use aeroplane in science books here in the states. Then again, I have had science books that used the word "fishes" instead of just fish so maybe that's not saying too much.

What I wrote above probably sounded like babbling because I was really tired; sorry. My favorite old saying is "hoist by one's own petards".

Aviation standards etc come under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation [ICAO] and aerodrome is the only term used in all their documentation. So in the industry it is very much the standard word. In Australia all aviation legislation refers only to aerodromes so it is the only legally defined word. Airport tends to be used for an aerodrome which has more sophisticated facilities such customs and immigration.

What is the marching season in Northern Ireland?

Words that are usually in my common word usage list and is sadly dying out from the English language are;

*Thus
and
*Hence

And Im 21 years old!

Rene, in biology, "fishes" is the proper term when speaking of different species or types of fish. It's a special usage, but it's not wrong.