X-Message-Number: 26773 From: "Andrew Clifford" <> Subject: Cryonautical terminology Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 10:57:45 +0100 To cryoneer. Attempting to supplant cryonaut with cryoneer is a bold endeavour. Perhaps it will be successful. I wish you luck. However. Trying to control language is like wrestling with a sea-monster . Government sponsored Academie Francaise has had mixed success during 370 years of effort. Ultimately the public decides. The -eer suffix appears to be a rarer derivation of the common -er (driver, builder etc). Check out engineer and pioneer on www.dictionary.com Search count by google is now the arbiter on the penetration of words in the national corpus. Presently we have "cryonaut" 500+ and "cryoneer" 10 It would appear that cryonaut is a sufficient umbrella term to cover individuals signed up for cryonic suspension and those in storage. Astronauts that have never been to space: http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050306134509990001 If google shows "cryoneer" with superior usage then I will adopt that. In the meantime I am happily 14 years as a cryonaut - although unlike astronaut trainees - I am not looking forward to "travelling" in cryonic suspension. Bring on advanced anti-aging technology first! Regards, - Andrew. Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=26773