On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:36:43 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:
So you cannot substantiate your assertion that
"Antenna/e" is originally a Greek word?

That's been done. Look all you need do is drive north a dozen miles
or so to confirm.

We all die. It is no tragedy.

"J. Teske" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:37:39 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:

If he is dead, then he is not a candidate to remedy his
error by continued usage, is he?

FYI, Dr. John Kraus died just this past year at a very venerable age.

Stupid Boy.
"KB7QHC" some form of Yank CB Licence, no doubt?

"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:36:43 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:
So you cannot substantiate your assertion that
"Antenna/e" is originally a Greek word?

That's been done. Look all you need do is drive north a dozen miles
or so to confirm.

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:48:56 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:
Stupid Boy.
Ran of gas in those short dozen miles?

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:58:58 GMT, Richard Clark
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:48:56 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:
Stupid Boy.
Ran of gas in those short dozen miles?


Just ignore him (Airy) Richard ... the best thing is to kill file him
as most of us in the UK have already done. He's been posting in this
inflammatory manner for years.

By the way he is really Gareth Evans, G4SDW, of Chippenham, England.
With a name like that I guess he orginally hails from Wales, not
England so he can't really call himself an authority on the English
language!

If you follow this thread you'll see he will come back at me with one
of his highly predictable insulting phrases .. you wait!

The only time I know he's around is if others quote him in their posts
so please folks ... IGNORE HIM!


Peter, G3PHO

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:14:30 GMT, (Peter)
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:58:58 GMT, Richard Clark
wrote:

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:48:56 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:
Stupid Boy.
Ran of gas in those short dozen miles?


Just ignore him (Airy) Richard ... the best thing is to kill file him
as most of us in the UK have already done. He's been posting in this
inflammatory manner for years.

By the way he is really Gareth Evans, G4SDW, of Chippenham, England.
With a name like that I guess he orginally hails from Wales, not
England so he can't really call himself an authority on the English
language!

If you follow this thread you'll see he will come back at me with one
of his highly predictable insulting phrases .. you wait!

The only time I know he's around is if others quote him in their posts
so please folks ... IGNORE HIM!

He certainly infuriated me. what a childish twit.


Peter, G3PHO

Airy R. Bean wrote:
"Those who are ignorant about the English Language and its etymology,
especially the Yanks and nerdy types, have introduced the erroneous
plural, "Antennas"."

Many words are rooted in formerly used languages. Today`s languages are
determined by common usage.

John D. Kraus, Ph.D., W8JK was one of the world`s foremost radio antenna
authorities. On page one of his 1950 edition of "Antennas" his first
sentence is:
"A radio antenna may be defined as the structure associated with the
region of transition between a guided wave and a free-space wave, or
vice versa." The footnote to this sentence defines "antenna" in its
zoological sense.

Note the book`s title is "Antennas". Kraus notes that in England the
usage makes no distinction and that both insect and radio antennas are
"antennae" in the plural. In the U.S. it`s antennae for the insects and
it`s antennas for radios.

Webster created a U.S. dictionary due to independent usage of the
English Language in the U.S.. It is a continuation of U.S. rebellion
just as was the switch from tea to coffee. Experimentation finds
converts on both sides of the ocean.

If "Antennas" is good enough for Kraus, it is surely good enough for me.

Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI

You behave like a 5-year-old.

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Just ignore him (Airy) Richard ... the best thing is to kill file him
as most of us in the UK have already done. He's been posting in this
inflammatory manner for years.
By the way he is really Gareth Evans, G4SDW, of Chippenham, England.
With a name like that I guess he orginally hails from Wales, not
England so he can't really call himself an authority on the English
language!
If you follow this thread you'll see he will come back at me with one
of his highly predictable insulting phrases .. you wait!
The only time I know he's around is if others quote him in their posts
so please folks ... IGNORE HIM!

Proving once again that Yankland does not speak English.

"Richard Harrison" wrote in message
...
Note the book`s title is "Antennas". Kraus notes that in England the
usage makes no distinction and that both insect and radio antennas are
"antennae" in the plural. In the U.S. it`s antennae for the insects and
it`s antennas for radios.

You came up with this a few days ago, but did not,
or could not, substantiate your claim.

The word, "Antena" appears in modern Greek, and arrived
there in response to its widespread adoption by the World
to describe radio antennae.

It does not appear either as "Antena" or as "Antenna" in ancient
Greek dictionaries, at least in those that I can find on the Internet.

"Richard Clark" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:30:36 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:

The real plural, from its Latin root is, "antennae".

The original root is actually the translation of "horns of insects"
from Greek which predates the Roman invention of the term (used in the
sense of a sail's yardarm as you say) into Latin.

Those who are ignorant about the English Language

strikes the source. ;-)

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC