Snorkel/Talk

um...now that you've redirected a perfectly good English word here, what do you suggest for snorkel, the rubber and plastic tube and mouthpiece device that one uses for remaining submerged while diving in shallow waters?

I would wonder whether there is enough to be said about the personal snorkel to warrent an encyclopedia article, but I would suggest a second section, perhaps even above the submarine stuff, separated by a horizontal rule, written by someone who knows something about it (i.e. not me), describing the personal snorkel. However, I would not suggest claiming that "snorkel" is an English word, 'cause it ain't.

What is your definition of English word? Snorkel is an English word while Schnorchel may not be. Regardless of its origin snorkel can be found in a English dictionary, hence it is an English word. By the same token Taoism is an English word even though it was based on a Chinese word.

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The English word is snorkel, for both uses, though the German word is occasionally found in reference to the submarine use (and even there it is quite rare). --Lee Daniel Crocker