Rob Studdert wrote:
On 27 Mar 2006 at 23:11, Cotty wrote:
When I was in training (nearly 30 years ago :-( we used many terms and
acronyms but it is pointless me repeating them here as they would mean
nothing to someone not involved in film production. I have never been in
the telephone industry (whatever that is) nor the electronics industry.
I have never heard of POTS until today. That doesn't mean that it has
not been used here in the UK, obviously it has. I was curious because I
do have a broad knowledge about most things - goes with the job - but I
can tell you that POTS is not a term that is in general use by the vast
majority of the general public here in Britain.
You should get out more :-)
And, I don't know about the majority of the general US public, but I
never encountered the term until it showed up in this thread. Not a clue
what it meant until translated.
As an experiment, just asked the other half if he knew it. He did. Said,
"People in IT know it."
(Yes, I know IT stands for Information Technology. Been married to him
long enough to learn that one, anyway.)
