Gee, and I thought he was talking about Pascal. :-) John ----
Mike Naruta AA8K wrote: > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
