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No.

And now I'm wondering,... how does the subject of water in the lungs even come up at a helicopter company?

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Re^6: My favorite silent English letter is:
by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 12, 2012 at 17:21 UTC
    1. Helicopters are complicated mechanical critters.
    2. Such beasts periodically break.
    3. Other critters, with lungs, are known to fly helicopters over water.
    4. Sometimes, that's where the helicritters break.
    q.e.d.
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Re^6: My favorite silent English letter is:
by swampyankee (Parson) on Mar 02, 2012 at 02:18 UTC

    Rather severe misspelling of "mnemonic." Don't ask me how it started; "pneumonic" is certainly a word, and a kind of plague, but the context was short (six or so letter) names for strain gauge locations like "main gearbox -- port forward foot rosette." The author of one of the flight test reports couldn't spell.

    Information about American English usage here and here. Floating point issues? Please read this before posting. — emc

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