[Elecraft] Of words and such

[Andy McMullin]

Beyond the pale - outside the safe area protected by the British in Ireland. Normally taken to mean immoral, dangerous and probably obscene. 

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> On 26 Apr 2019, at 18:29, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
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> "Beyond the pale" is an infrequently used idiomatic expression (at least in the U.S.), probably misunderstood by many. I believe it is used in a negative sense for the most part, but clearly that isn't what the writer meant. 
> 
> Some English words have become completely useless in practice, like "semiannual" and "biannual," either of which can mean "twice a year" or "every other year." In fact if you look up the definition for one, you often see the other shown as a synonym.
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> Wayne
> N6KR
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>> On Apr 26, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Frank Krozel <kg9hfrank at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I would be floored and would take a blank paper and a good pen.
>> 
>> De KG9H
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>>> On Apr 26, 2019, at 12:08 PM, Andy Durbin <a.durbin at msn.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> " When an owner of the company calls to assist, that is beyond the pale. "
>>> 
>>> I wonder if that is what you really thought.
>>> 
>>> https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beyond-the-pale.html
>>> 
>>> Maybe it means something completely different in other lands.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Andy, k3wy
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