Andy, Wayne was right, I meant that Eric had gone way beyond what was expected, in a good way. My understanding of the phrase was it meant beyond bad things and into the good. Sorry if you saw it otherwise. Guess I better watch out for the wordsmiths.
73, Jim K4ZMV On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 1:39 PM Andy McMullin via Elecraft < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
