[Elecraft] "build" is not a noun - OT

[Tom Wylie]

Hmmmmmm - in the UK we think Mathematics is plural - so you should be a 
MATHS major - but what do I know
I was just a dumb cop!


:-)

Tom
GM4FDM

Fred Jensen wrote:
> David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>> I would agree, but in the software world, build is a process or 
>> function and 'doing a build' is what you actually do to produce a 
>> program, sometimes the command is even called 'build'.
>
> Ahh, come on folks, we're hams.  International Q signals have a very 
> distinct definition, a question, and an answer.  We, being hams and 
> relegated to 200 meters and down, have "nounified" and "verbified" 
> them.  "Man, the QRN was awful tonight."  "Geez, I'm sorry to have 
> QRM'd you," "What is his QRG?", and many others.  We all know what 
> they mean.
>
> QRX? means "Will you call me again?."  We of course use it as "Stand 
> by, I'm thinking."  Maybe for a moment, maybe for quite awhile if you 
> think slow like I do.
>
> "Build" is a noun, if you're in the software world, it's a verb if you 
> build with steel, concrete, and wood.
>
> But what do I know, I'm a math major
>
> 73,
>
> Fred K6DGW
> - Northern California Contest Club
> - CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party  4-5 Oct 08
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