[CW] Key name origin?

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:13:27 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Obviously any self-respecting CW op would resent in any way being called 
bent." This also applies to the key being used. I often wonder how the term 
paddles" got by.

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-------Original Message-------

From: Mike J Maloney
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:42:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [CW] Key name origin?

Does anyone know how or when manual keys came to be called "straight"
keys, and why is that that most of them are actually bent? 

None of the modern Webster's definitions of "straight" as an adjective
seem to fit with key. Could it be just one more English word that has
completely changed meaning over time?

73, Mike, AC5P
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