Klarinet Archive - Posting 000170.txt from 1999/02

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bore Oil (Planas Article)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:21:44 -0500

Repeat!

Dee D. Hays wrote:

> Just for your amusement and entertainment, movies and films are often in
> error in their use of terminology that then gets repeated by the general
> populace. "Over and out" happens to be one such error. "Over" is a radio
> operator's term that means "I am done talking and it is your turn to talk."
> "Out" is the radio operator's term for "I am done talking and will no longer
> be listening." So if you combine the two terms (which you should not do),
> you are telling the other person he can talk but you aren't going to be
> listening!
>

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