Talk:Aviophobia

Aviophobia - terrible word
Aviophobia is an utterly ridiculous word. Why not "fear of flying"? In relation to aviophobia, fear of flying 1)is plain English, and thus easy to understand, 2)is only four syllables, and thus two syllables shorter than aviophobia, 3)is not a terribly constructed Latin-Greek hybrid, 4)doesn't mean 'fear of birds'. I therefore propose that the name of the article be changed to "fear of flying". Aviophobia is not only a barbarism, but also unneccesary. Mauvila 10:08, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)