▲ 236 ▼ India used these elephant-shaped helicopters for ceremonial purposes in the 1970’s (lemmy.today) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children) Elecopter permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) Contrary to popular belief, the word is not ele-copter, but in fact is "eleco" meaning "elephant" and "pter" meaning "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ELEPHANT DOING IN THE SKY" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I thought it was from them hearing the British say " 'at's wa's called a 'elecopter!" so they just made it match the word. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) Contrary to popular belief, the word is not ele-copter, but in fact is "eleco" meaning "elephant" and "pter" meaning "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT ELEPHANT DOING IN THE SKY" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I thought it was from them hearing the British say " 'at's wa's called a 'elecopter!" so they just made it match the word. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago I thought it was from them hearing the British say " 'at's wa's called a 'elecopter!" so they just made it match the word. permalink fedilink source parent
