All, Same in Spanish: Señorita (unmarried lady), Señora (married lady). However, you’d likely get killed if you called a Señora an “ex - señorita”. Dangerous waters, tread carefully is all I’m saying.. LOL
73, Stephen (W2WF) > On Jan 7, 2024, at 8:44 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > Our abbreviated signals are just shorthand. > CQ is derived from “seek you” > OM is old man. That’s you, Anthony (and me). > YL is “Young Lady”… you got that right. A YL can be licensed or non-licensed. > When a YL gets married, regardless of License or Non-License, she becomes an > Ex-YL, or XYL. > Similar to French, if I recall correctly from High School French class (and > Phillipe can also correct me) Mademoiselle is the young lady whereas Madam is > the married lady. > > XYL is just the wife. Shouldnt be a statement that someone gets offended > over. > Of they do, just continue to use the shorthand in CW, where it was likely > birthed and she will be none the wiser, unless she knows CW, then its likely > she wont care. > > Chris/AC5CM > > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > >> On Jan 7, 2024, at 16:04, anthony moro via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: >> >> >> So today I was schooled why I shouldn't call a female operator a XYL. So XYL >> means unlicensed female operator, or ones wife that is an operator. Either >> way it seems to me that it is not a good idea to say that to you better half >> if she is an operator. I was given this when I said that. >> >> Young Lady >> The term "Young Lady" derives from a Morse code abbreviation, YL, that is >> used to refer to female amateur radio operators, regardless of age. (As male >> operators of any age are addressed as OM or "old man", the non-licensed >> spouse of an OM is often called an XYL.) >> -- >> Anthony Morones >> W5LIC >> w5li...@gmail.com <mailto:w5li...@gmail.com> >> 713-410-3948 >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
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