[UK-CONTEST] The at sign

[mike FARMER]

Hmm now this brings back memories - - - I was one of those boys on an old
black bicycle with a frame carrier over the front wheel.  When stacked they
were a nightmare to ride.  Even then I failed to see the value of Morse -
learnt it just to pass the licence requirement and since 1966 have had 3 CW
QSOs!! I do not see why we need to corrupt the English language running A
and C together, what is wrong with sending the word AT?

Mike
G3VAO
DXCC CW 3 SSB 308!!!!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Makins, EI8IC" <contesting at eircom.net>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] The at sign


> Can you be a little more specific, with a useage-example ? I don't
> understand what you mean by 'at each'. Although at 46 I might not be
classed
> as an 'old-timer', I still remember seeing the local grocer in North
> Yorkshire list the shopping that our family had ordered as, for instance:
>
> 4lbs bananas @ 1/3d per pound
>
> The 'at each' doesn't seem to work in that example ?
>
> My mother would telephone in the weekly grocery order, which was delivered
> by a boy on one of those old black bicycles with a frame carrier over the
> front wheel. No impulse shopping in those days !
>
> 73s Tim EI8IC
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > To put the record straight -   the @ sign did not mean "at" in the
> > commercial and financial world, it meant "at each". Clearly "@" is not
> much
> > of an abbreviation for "at" . It is only in recent years that the
meaning
> > has changed by those from the non-commercial world and it grates every
> time
> > I see it misused.
> >
> > Neil, G3RIR
>
>
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