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[Lee]

In a message dated 12/20/02 1:08:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,
brnetboard@TUARHIEVEL.ORG writes:

<< Lawgiver wrote:
"Into" would be a better and more accurate rendering, but
technically "on to" would be acceptable. The plane is not at ground
level even when landed, you must climb up stairs or enter through a terminal
to be "on" the same level...
You have to step "ONboard" the plane... >>

More likely, it`s left over from ships, where you would step onto the ship
from the dock. Trains are the same, adapting many nautical terms.

Lee.

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[Lawgiver]

Originally posted by geeman

(This thread gives one a glimpse of what conversing in Old Entish must be like....)

Now. now. Lets not get hasty in our comparisions and determinations...