Humor for the day...

Richard Hall rhall at BLARG.NET
Thu Jun 29 16:37:05 EDT 2006


Or the use of "73's" for "73" perhaps? <g>



Don Melcher wrote:
> One of my favorites is Duel for Dual - as in Duel-Band radio. There is
> another one similar - but it escapes me at the moment.
> 
> Don
> W6CZ
> 
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> 
> I'm not surprised to see this. Take a few moments and browse eBay and you
> will see more of this. This style has nothing to do with the item. What it
> has to do with is people leaving charactors out of words. My favorite is
> the  improper use of "Mike" for "Mic". This simply shows how so many people
> are not paying attention.
> 
> It appears that the use of basic speech and writing has changed
> tremendously. In its place is the extensive use of short cut phrases,
> extensive use of acronyms such as "OTC" for "Over The Counter", "PERP"
> for "Perpertrator", "DEM" for "Democrat", "IMHO" for "In my humble
> opinion", fast talking and incomplete sentences that have no meaning.
> 
> 73's
> 
> Mike
> W5RKL
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