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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is, "antennae"?
In message , Jeff writes
From an online dictionary: I guess that it would be a fair assumption, bearing in mind the development of computers and, much later, the Internet, that your online dictionaries originated several decades after 1942, and long after the ignoramuses' error arose? Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. The word 'aerial' was what was used domestically and generally in the TV and radio industry. Certainly the electronics division of the company EMI (Electric and Musical Industries) had an Aerial Section - and they were responsible for the design, manufacture and installation of the TV and FM aerials at many of the UK's transmitting stations (ERPs ranging from megawatts to watts). The Marconi Company did most of what EMI didn't do - and I'm sure they also called them 'aerials'. These days, in the UK it is not uncommon for 'aerials' to be called 'antennas' by some communication companies - but it would be highly unlikely for your average Joe Public to refer to any sort of TV or radio aerial as an 'antenna'. Satellite antennas are, of course, called 'dishes'. -- Ian |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is,"antennae"?
On 21/05/2016 11:20, Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Jeff writes Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. When R V Jones wrote his report on the Luftwaffe's X-Gerate navigation and bombing system, he included a photograph of a Heinkel 111 annotated with arrows pointing to the three aerials of the system, which he had labelled 'X-Beam antennae'. [uk.radio.amateur added] -- Spike Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose - Helen Keller |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is, "antennae"?
antenna
noun (plural antennae ) 1 Zoology a long, thin sensory appendage found in pairs on the heads of insects and some other arthropods. 2 (plural also antennas) chiefly North American or technical an aerial. 3 (antennae) the faculty of instinctively detecting and interpreting subtle signs: his political antennae remain as sharp as ever. DERIVATIVES antennal adjective antennary adjective ORIGIN C17: from Latin, alteration of antemna 'yard' (of a ship), used in plural to translate Greek keraioi 'horns (of insects)'. |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is, "antennae"?
Spike wrote:
On 21/05/2016 11:20, Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Jeff writes Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. When R V Jones wrote his report on the Luftwaffe's X-Gerate navigation and bombing system, he included a photograph of a Heinkel 111 annotated with arrows pointing to the three aerials of the system, which he had labelled 'X-Beam antennae'. [uk.radio.amateur added] Yes, I think it has more to do wtth the kind of education one has had (in school, or self-selected), than to with with being 'esoteric' or a 'boffin'. In fact, the very term 'boffin' is rarely heard except when used by the wilfully ignorant (those who think football is important for instance) about people who seem cleverer than themselves. -- Roger Hayter |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correctplural is, "antennae"?
Roger Hayter wrote:
Spike wrote: On 21/05/2016 11:20, Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Jeff writes Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. When R V Jones wrote his report on the Luftwaffe's X-Gerate navigation and bombing system, he included a photograph of a Heinkel 111 annotated with arrows pointing to the three aerials of the system, which he had labelled 'X-Beam antennae'. [uk.radio.amateur added] Yes, I think it has more to do wtth the kind of education one has had (in school, or self-selected), than to with with being 'esoteric' or a 'boffin'. In fact, the very term 'boffin' is rarely heard except when used by the wilfully ignorant (those who think football is important for instance) about people who seem cleverer than themselves. I can honestly say that the only people I have ever heard use the word "boffin" are tabloid newspaper journalists, usually in stories about cloning sheep or GM food. And now you. Congratulations! -- STC / M0TEY / http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is, "antennae"?
In message , Stephen Thomas Cole
writes Roger Hayter wrote: Spike wrote: On 21/05/2016 11:20, Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Jeff writes Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. When R V Jones wrote his report on the Luftwaffe's X-Gerate navigation and bombing system, he included a photograph of a Heinkel 111 annotated with arrows pointing to the three aerials of the system, which he had labelled 'X-Beam antennae'. [uk.radio.amateur added] Yes, I think it has more to do wtth the kind of education one has had (in school, or self-selected), than to with with being 'esoteric' or a 'boffin'. In fact, the very term 'boffin' is rarely heard except when used by the wilfully ignorant (those who think football is important for instance) about people who seem cleverer than themselves. I can honestly say that the only people I have ever heard use the word "boffin" are tabloid newspaper journalists, usually in stories about cloning sheep or GM food. And now you. Congratulations! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! -- Ian |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correctplural is, "antennae"?
Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Stephen Thomas Cole writes Roger Hayter wrote: Spike wrote: On 21/05/2016 11:20, Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Jeff writes Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. When R V Jones wrote his report on the Luftwaffe's X-Gerate navigation and bombing system, he included a photograph of a Heinkel 111 annotated with arrows pointing to the three aerials of the system, which he had labelled 'X-Beam antennae'. [uk.radio.amateur added] Yes, I think it has more to do wtth the kind of education one has had (in school, or self-selected), than to with with being 'esoteric' or a 'boffin'. In fact, the very term 'boffin' is rarely heard except when used by the wilfully ignorant (those who think football is important for instance) about people who seem cleverer than themselves. I can honestly say that the only people I have ever heard use the word "boffin" are tabloid newspaper journalists, usually in stories about cloning sheep or GM food. And now you. Congratulations! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I've never heard a "real person" say it, other than Rog, ITT! -- STC / M0TEY / http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is, "antennae"?
Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Stephen Thomas Cole writes Roger Hayter wrote: Spike wrote: On 21/05/2016 11:20, Ian Jackson wrote: In message , Jeff writes Well my UK 1956 Collins Dictionary says for 'antenna' noun... (Wireless)...plural antennas. So antennas was certainly accepted as correct in the UK in 1956. Jeff In the UK, I think it's only some of the more-esoteric scientific research boffins in WW2 who would have used 'antenna' and 'antennae'. When R V Jones wrote his report on the Luftwaffe's X-Gerate navigation and bombing system, he included a photograph of a Heinkel 111 annotated with arrows pointing to the three aerials of the system, which he had labelled 'X-Beam antennae'. [uk.radio.amateur added] Yes, I think it has more to do wtth the kind of education one has had (in school, or self-selected), than to with with being 'esoteric' or a 'boffin'. In fact, the very term 'boffin' is rarely heard except when used by the wilfully ignorant (those who think football is important for instance) about people who seem cleverer than themselves. I can honestly say that the only people I have ever heard use the word "boffin" are tabloid newspaper journalists, usually in stories about cloning sheep or GM food. And now you. Congratulations! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I've never heard a "real person" say it, other than Rog, ITT! Since I only quoted it, in inverted commas, from Ian, that seems a bit unobservant of you. -- Roger Hayter |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correct plural is,"antennae"?
On 22/05/2016 08:14, Ian Jackson wrote:
Stephen Thomas Cole writes I can honestly say that the only people I have ever heard use the word "boffin" are tabloid newspaper journalists, usually in stories about cloning sheep or GM food. And now you. Congratulations! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! Don't concern yourself OM, 'Band seems to live in a very narrow world, perhaps only as wide as the distance between his ears. -- Spike Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose - Helen Keller |
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When did ignorance overcome education, for the correctplural is, "antennae"?
Spike wrote:
On 22/05/2016 08:14, Ian Jackson wrote: Stephen Thomas Cole writes I can honestly say that the only people I have ever heard use the word "boffin" are tabloid newspaper journalists, usually in stories about cloning sheep or GM food. And now you. Congratulations! Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! Don't concern yourself OM, 'Band seems to live in a very narrow world, perhaps only as wide as the distance between his ears. Did you buy car aerials in bulk, OM, or did Halfords give you a Repeat Buyer discount? -- STC / M0TEY / http://twitter.com/ukradioamateur |
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