Klarinet Archive - Posting 000175.txt from 1999/02

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bore Oil (Planas Article)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 17:11:27 -0500

Your literal translation might be closer to the truth than you
think."Dee D. Hays" wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.org>
> Date: Thursday, February 04, 1999 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Bore Oil (Planas Article)
>
> >
> > ... Nothing more to report. Over and Out.
> >
>
> 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!
>
> Dee Hays
> N8UZE, Extra Class Amateur Radio Operator
> Canton, SD
>
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