[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 72, Issue 5

[Art K6XT]

Maarten
"Stroke" can mean many things. Stroke of a hydraulic piston. Stroke of 
an engine piston. Stroke as in medical condition. Stroke as in pull on 
the oars in a boat. Stroke of a pencil. English is obfuscatory.

Stroke has been used on the bands for as long as I've been a ham which 
is many years. Anyone who calls you on it is him(her)self the idiot. As 
you know in English "stroke" is but one syllable. Portable is three 
(Port--a--ble), wasting lots of your time and effort to pronounce it. 
And adds absolutely nothing to intelligibility. Please....continue to 
sign OZ Stroke PD2R.

73 Art K6XT, K6XT Stroke NH9

-- 
73 Art
Allison, Colorado
"Whether you believe you can do a thing or
not, you are right."  --Henry Ford.

The last two weeks of May I will be staying in Denmark and of course I'll
> take my K3 with me. Normally there's not much time to play with the radio
> but during these two weeks of vacation I will have some time to have some
> fun on the bands.
> Now, it's not the first time I've been in OZ but recently I discovered
> that
> I may have pronounced the "/" incorrectly. During previous visits I used
> to
> say "Oscar Zulu Stroke Papa Delta Two Romeo".
> But I noticed the NA stations pronounce the "/" as "portable". After
> realizing that "stroke" means a very bad condition involving the loss of
> brain function, it sure sounds stupid.
> So I guess I should say "Oscar Zulu Portable Papa Delta Two Romeo", am I
> right?
>
> I know it's a bit OT but I don't want to sound like an idiot anymore  ;-) 
>
> 73, Maarten
> PD2R