helicoptera and the Pope

Sam Clements sclements at NEO.RR.COM
Sat Feb 15 02:57:49 UTC 2003


There was a reference to the Pope(John Paul?) over at the Straight Dope.  It
suggested that he, the Pope, was gonna travel by helicopter and offered a
prayer in Latin.  Halfway through, he realized that there might not be a
word in Latin for helicopter.  So he faked it.  "Helicoptera."

Is this true?  I searched ProQuest to 1970, and nothing.



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