28 Oct
2001
28 Oct
'01
11:56 a.m.
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:24:12PM +1300, Greg Ewing wrote:
John Lawson:
What I didn't know (until a Canadian guy at my ex-workplace explained
it to me) was that many of these abbreviations are French in origin.
("DE") That especially applies to the combined letter groups ("AR"
with
no space in between = "end of message" = "arret", for example).
This is not true of all abbreviations, of course. "FB" = "fine
business"
(I know that only because I was looking for info on printing telegraphs
and stock tickers and found an old ARRL Handbook).
-- Derek
FB OM YR SIGS 599 RPT 599 QSL VIA BURO TNX ES
73 DE KB6SCO
pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com (Pete Turnbull):
It's (mostly standard) radio ham CW
(continuous wave) abbreviations, used
to save keying too much morse.
To those dismayed at the mangulations of language being
used by some people in email these days, this just goes
to show that there's nothing new under the sun. :-)