[Elecraft] Of words and such

[James Brassell]

Andy,

Wayne was right, I meant that Eric had gone way beyond what was expected,
in a good way.  My understanding of the phrase was it meant beyond bad
things and into the good.  Sorry if you saw it otherwise.  Guess I better
watch out for the wordsmiths.

73, Jim K4ZMV

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 1:39 PM Andy McMullin via Elecraft <
elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Beyond the pale - outside the safe area protected by the British in
> Ireland. Normally taken to mean immoral, dangerous and probably obscene.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 26 Apr 2019, at 18:29, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > "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.
> >
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 26, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Frank Krozel <kg9hfrank at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I would be floored and would take a blank paper and a good pen.
> >>
> >> De KG9H
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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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