[NLRS] Rover semantics....

[Donn Baker]

Hi Bruce,
It ain't the KJV and it ain't Shakespear.  So what ?

Same guy probably says "borrow me..." instead of "lend," too.

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0


At 15:58 01-05-02 -0500, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>Hi:
>
>Somebody just yanked my chain over my use of the word "rovering" on the
CSVHFS Conf2002
>web-page.  They said the proper word is "roving".  Well, I quibbled.  I've
rovered and
>roved since 1991 and have activated 76 grids so far and throughout the
over 10 years of
>talking about it, I've always used both words interchangeably.  The guy
correcting me
>cites Merriam Webster on-line dictionary as not having "rovering" while
having "roving".
>Have any of you ever felt that one word was correct while the other was
not? Have you
>thought a speaker or writer ignorant for using one of the spellings/usages?
>
>Cleary, I'm fishing for confirmation that "it just doesn't matter".  But
if some of you
>have the differing point of view, I'd be glad to hear it and maybe this
rovering dog would
>have to learn a new trick.
>
>Bruce Richardson - W9FZ
>
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Make plans to
>attend!  Info at:  http://www.csvhfs.org
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