[CW] Exclamation Mark

[Richard Knoppow]

    It IS "understood" I am not doing so well today. Wait is the 
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On 2/5/2020 7:49 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> ...-. [SN] used to be "Understood,"
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 22:39 Richard Knoppow 
> <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com <mailto:1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>> wrote:
>
>        ...-. is an old combination for WAIT. Probably predates
>     wireless.
>
>     On 2/5/2020 3:30 PM, Bruce Prior wrote:
>     > On page 45 of the April 1995 issue of _Morsum Magnificat_, I
>     > suggested *di-di-di-dah-dit* for the exclamation mark. That
>     > punctuation mark is used very commonly when people are
>     texting
>     > these days. (I was in Ankara, Turkey at the time, using the
>     > call sign TA2ZO. I was serving at the US Embassy there.)
>     > 73,
>     > Bruce Prior N7RR / VA7TO
>     >
>     >
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