Beyond the pale - outside the safe area protected by the British in Ireland. Normally taken to mean immoral, dangerous and probably obscene.
Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Apr 2019, at 18:29, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Beyond the pale" is an infrequently used idiomatic expression (at least in > the U.S.), probably misunderstood by many. I believe it is used in a negative > sense for the most part, but clearly that isn't what the writer meant. > > Some English words have become completely useless in practice, like > "semiannual" and "biannual," either of which can mean "twice a year" or > "every other year." In fact if you look up the definition for one, you often > see the other shown as a synonym. > > Wayne > N6KR > > > > >> On Apr 26, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Frank Krozel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would be floored and would take a blank paper and a good pen. >> >> De KG9H >> >> >>> On Apr 26, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Andy Durbin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> " When an owner of the company calls to assist, that is beyond the pale. " >>> >>> I wonder if that is what you really thought. >>> >>> https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html >>> >>> Maybe it means something completely different in other lands. >>> >>> 73, >>> Andy, k3wy > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
