Fair point. Hendrick's is yum.

I'll grant you the point, but let's remember that this chart is an illustration in a comic about languages in a post-apocalyptic world. ;)

Word. If I'm getting a Martini, the brand of gin makes a huge difference. If I'm getting a Gin Tonic, not so much...

Light piston planes actually still have procedures for hand cranking. The prop makes for a convenient handle. Not that I've ever seen anyone doing it.

I'd crap my pants just hearing the thing start. ;)

The materials and other gizmos for high revs weren't really "there" yet, so high HP numbers weren't in the cards. I bet the torque was pretty decent.

Ha! That would have been much easier. :)

Yes, I am.

Maybe they're using Nautical Miles, which may be non-SI, but at least "accepted for use". Can't help you on the Fahrenheit.

Jokes aside, I think lots of people have heard Doric. It was spoken by Young MacGuffin in Pixar's Brave. The running gag was that no one understood what he was saying. Kevin McKidd, who voiced the character, is from Elgin, and has a fair understanding of Doric. He apparently got help from family members to get it just…

Haha awesome!

Fair dinkum.

It does add up, but you have to remember what IAS is. Indicated Airspeed is a measure of dynamic pressure and as such decreases with decreasing air density. In other words, the higher you go, and thus the lower the density is, the lower the IAS for the same True Air Speed. The aircraft may have a high speed through…

A matter of context. "Old World" in this graphic refers to the historic context within the universe of the comic from which the graphic is taken. Without being too spoilery, in Stand Still, Stay Silent, the "Old World" suffered a great disease-borne extinction. In the lower part of the graphic, you see the "current"…

Semitic languages are neither Indoeuropean nor Uralic, and as such are not included in these trees.

Basque is considered a "language isolate", and as such cannot be classified as Indoeuropean according to current linguistics.

Indeed. I especially liked that Scottish Gaelic and Scots are separate and on separate branches, correctly illustrating their real life characters.

If you look closely, Walloon can be found next to French in the tree.

Malayalam is not Indoeuropean.

It's not about not caring, it is about this tree being about Indoeuropean languages. Malayalam is a Dravidian language and as such would be in a different tree.