[ARC5] Kludge - an honest definition

[J. Forster]

Featherstonehaw anybody? (Fanshaw)

-John

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> ..except it's usually pronounced "kloodge" here in the US (I'm a Limey, so
> made the mistake of rhyming it with "fudge" when I first saw it).
>
> 73, ian
>
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Henry Mei'l's <meils at get2net.dk> wrote:
>
>> Come to think of it, 'kludge' sounds very much like 'fudge' - and at
>> least
>> one meaning of fudge was to bend or modify actual measurement results to
>> fit
>> the expected theoretical results-- this was school lab reports. NOT
>> real-life measurement results (at least for me ;0).
>>
>> 73
>> Henry, Cph.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Pileggi" <wpileggi at juno.com>
>> To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:10 AM
>> Subject: [ARC5] Kludge - an honest definition
>>
>>
>> > Sorry about the delay in chiming in on this advanced topic of
>> > discussion...Seems we may be too internet-centric, and have forgotten
>> > actual books...From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (c)1979 -
>> (which
>> > coincides with me attending college, mostly...) - KLUDGE, noun,
>> [origin
>> > unknown], a system and esp. a computer system made up of components
>> that
>> > are poorly matched or were originally intended for some other use.
>> >
>> > I'm thinking M might find [origin unknown] just as acceptable :-)
>> > Bill KA3AIS
>> >
>> >
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