Maarten "Stroke" can mean many things. Stroke of a hydraulic piston. Stroke of an engine piston. Stroke as in medical condition. Stroke as in pull on the oars in a boat. Stroke of a pencil. English is obfuscatory.
Stroke has been used on the bands for as long as I've been a ham which is many years. Anyone who calls you on it is him(her)self the idiot. As you know in English "stroke" is but one syllable. Portable is three (Port--a--ble), wasting lots of your time and effort to pronounce it. And adds absolutely nothing to intelligibility. Please....continue to sign OZ Stroke PD2R. 73 Art K6XT, K6XT Stroke NH9 -- 73 Art Allison, Colorado "Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right." --Henry Ford. The last two weeks of May I will be staying in Denmark and of course I'll > take my K3 with me. Normally there's not much time to play with the radio > but during these two weeks of vacation I will have some time to have some > fun on the bands. > Now, it's not the first time I've been in OZ but recently I discovered > that > I may have pronounced the "/" incorrectly. During previous visits I used > to > say "Oscar Zulu Stroke Papa Delta Two Romeo". > But I noticed the NA stations pronounce the "/" as "portable". After > realizing that "stroke" means a very bad condition involving the loss of > brain function, it sure sounds stupid. > So I guess I should say "Oscar Zulu Portable Papa Delta Two Romeo", am I > right? > > I know it's a bit OT but I don't want to sound like an idiot anymore ;-) > > 73, Maarten > PD2R ______________________________________________________________ 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
