As a non-engineer but a dedicated people-watcher, I enjoy the gentle oneupsmanship on this list. It is conducted with the studied courtesy of debate in the US Senate.
I await the day when someone opines as to the number of angels that can dance on the head of a GPS antenna. On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Chris Albertson <[email protected] > wrote: > The Oxford dictionary has "radar", "loran" and "scuba" all listed in lower > case. > > Also according to them "radar" never was an acronym. It is a coined > word. Technically to be an acronym the it must be spelled by the > first letter of several other words. "SCUBA" is an acronym but > "scuba" is now a common English word that has displaced the old 1950's > vintage "SCUBA" in modern usage. But "radar" was never an acronym. > > The Oxford English Dictionary takes the view that the English > language changes with time. You can disagree. Many people do and > claim English has fixed rules that never change but if you do then you > will have to pick a date for when it was "correct" and then explain > how it could be incorrect before that date. > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:07 AM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > > Indeed. But thats the way it goes. > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, J. Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> There ain't no such thing as Loran. It's LORAN, just like RADAR. > >> > >> They are BOTH acronyms. > >> > >> -John > >> > >> ================= > >> > >> > >> > There never was a Loran receiver with a keypad. I am certain he meant > >> > Loran C. Loran is (was) the common name for the service... But then, > >> > you already knew that, and were just trying to stir things up. > >> > > >> > -Chuck Harris > >> > > >> > Max Robinson wrote: > >> >> He didn't say Loran C he said Loran. That is the old system that > used > >> >> to operate just above the AM broadcast band and took away most of the > >> >> 160 meter ham band. That hasn't been around for decades. I don't > think > >> >> there is a version of it operating anywhere in the world. > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > -- > ===== > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
