Droushia fire and Helos over Kissonerga

[mockaji]

Helo just came LOW over a villa in Coral Bay heading for the hills with large water bucket waving in the the air. Not been back since.

R

[LouiseCastricum]

Just back from Polis and saw the fire near Droushia. Helo getting water from the dams also. Fire looked very close to houses as well.

[PaphosAL]

http://cyprus-mail.com/2017/09/21/fire-in-droushia/

AL

[emgee]

What is "helo"?

Alan

[lefkes]

What is "helo"?

Alan

A chopper!

[Dominic]

Actually when I first read the headline I wondered what helos meant too. I've always abbreviated them to choppers.

[memory man]

emgee:-

What is "helo"?

Alan

READ HERE >>>> http://www.dictionary.com/browse/helos

[Dominic]

Each to their own - in my family as a child we called the whirlygigs but that takes longer to type!

To be honest, I thought the article was going to be about a bbq, with Helos being some kind of meat.

[Dominic]

emgee:-

What is "helo"?

Alan

READ HERE >>>> http://www.dictionary.com/browse/helos

Have to say, their own examples for "helos" usage don't actually scream out helicopter.

Examples from the Web for helo Expand
Historical Examples
No known terrestrial element gave such a line and he named the new element which he deduced helium, from helos, the sun.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930
Various
By the revolt of two Sclavonian tribes, in the neighborhood of helos and Lacedmon, the peace of the peninsula was often disturbed.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
The invading army broke up from their ground, and marched off on the road to helos and Gytheum.

Hellenica
Xenophon

[memory man]

...but it's the first explanatory.

Word Origin

noun, plural helos. Informal.
1.
helicopter.

Origin of helo
Expand
hel(icopter) + -o

[emgee]

If it means "helicopter", why not write "helicopter"?

It is rather simple so that we all understand what people are talking about.

Alan

[cyprusmax47]

Each to their own - in my family as a child we called the whirlygigs but that takes longer to type!

If it means "helicopter", why not write "helicopter"?

It is rather simple so that we all understand what people are talking about.

Alan

I am glad that the headline with Helos was not from me, as it became such a big story.
Everybody in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Holland p.e. knows what a Helo (also Heli) is...

Max

[Dominic]

If it means "helicopter", why not write "helicopter"?

It is rather simple so that we all understand what people are talking about.

Alan

It's an abbreviation. Get over it.

[Dominic]

I didn't to start. But it really isn't the end of the world.

[emgee]

Perhaps if Louise had written helicopter (helos), we would all know what she was writing about.

Alan

[Varky]

I didn't to start. But it really isn't the end of the world.

Totally agree. Why are people so pernickety over such trivial things?