Yes, that's how I was taught at primary school in the 1960s (would they even bother nowadays; or would the teachers even know there's a difference?) The words only differ by one letter, and the "a" could stand for "arrived".
I was waiting for his "edit" opportunity to lapse! But do you want to make the joke instead? I was thinking of something along the line of castors.....
That's just a made up word, by someone trying to prefix archaeo(meaning prehistoric) to any word beginning with vowels! It just isn't viable, as aeolotropic means something that is unequally elastic in different directions.
Indeed, he is actually a fraudster. And I expect the £60 he has paid in fines is dwarfed by the amount he has conned out of the train companies all the other times when he got away with it.
And which countries would those be? I'm sure you will find buses in every country offering journeys to the public. Or do you discount these because they are privately owned.......a bit like nearly all the trains and buses in the UK.?
Boomtown Rats (Dome + Brighton Centre)
Members (Top Rank Suite)
Piranhas (Worthing Town Hall)
Executives (Long narrow pub near end of Montague St, Worthing)