Not to worry Ulrich, he was using a form of derisive humor. He was insulting Prologix as undesirable.
It would be similar to referring to Microsoft as the M-word. Mike - AA8K Ulrich Bangert wrote: > Steve, > > after I read your mail I have been completely perplexed because I could by > no stretch of imagination detect where you had found the aforesaid P word in > my mail. It needed the help of some English speaking friends and a search in > my last mails to find out that I have (possibly over a range of more than 30 > years) used an American 5 letter word in another sense than most/all of you > seem to interprete it. > > I HAVE seen the aforesaid word on some doors during my visits to he United > States and I HAVE understood the meaning of the word in this context. But I > swear that I have not been aware of the fact that the aforesaid word is used > EXCLUSIVELY for the location behind these doors. If I had been aware of that > I would have never used this word in a conversation because that is simply > not my style. > > Instead, I have been believing (and I swear this is the truth) that the > aforesaid word is used by a gentlemen to address a group of other gentlemen > just as a "Hi folks" among noble people but avoiding the highly offical > salutation "Gentlemen", in a sense a laid-back use of "Gentlemen". > > Clearly this is a mistake of mine that I cannot other than to apologize for! > If anyone of you has felt offended or in any other way been affected by my > wrong use of this word: Sorry for that, that was NOT my intention in using > this term. I have started a lot of my posts to this group with this word > because of the high s/n ratio to be found here and the extremely well > educated people in the group that I hold in high regard. > > Someone should have told me before! If you find this word in one of my > earlier posts substitute it with "Gentlemen" because that is what was ment. > > Thank you Steve for pointing at that. If you had not done it I would > propably have used the word in a wrong sense for the rest of my life. > > Best regards > Ulrich Bangert > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Steve Rooke >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 1. April 2009 11:57 >> An: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement >> Betreff: Re: [time-nuts] Prologix >> >> >> This man said the P word without any form of apology :-) >> >> 73 >> _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
