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February 3rd 04, 04:21 AM
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JOE wrote:
What other sorts of antennas are there exactly? Audio? Light? Tactile? Thought they ALL were RF in nature.... could be wrong.... Yep, you are wrong. Insects had antenna millions of years before man ever walked the earth. In fact, the word "antenna" comes directly from the insect world and was adopted for RF antennas, because they reminded someone of insect antenna. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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February 3rd 04, 04:49 AM
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That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are
different. "Cecil Moore" wrote in message ... JOE wrote: What other sorts of antennas are there exactly? Audio? Light? Tactile? Thought they ALL were RF in nature.... could be wrong.... Yep, you are wrong. Insects had antenna millions of years before man ever walked the earth. In fact, the word "antenna" comes directly from the insect world and was adopted for RF antennas, because they reminded someone of insect antenna. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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February 3rd 04, 06:07 AM
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"W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message ... That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. |
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February 3rd 04, 06:28 AM
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Nope, antennae only applies to bugs, the devices used to receive radio waves
are antennas. "Brenda Ann" wrote in message ... "W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message ... That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. |
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February 3rd 04, 03:19 PM
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Brenda Ann wrote:
I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. My unabridged dictionary says that antennas is the plural of RF antenna and antennae is the plural of insect antenna. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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February 3rd 04, 06:28 AM
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Nope, antennae only applies to bugs, the devices used to receive radio waves
are antennas. "Brenda Ann" wrote in message ... "W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message ... That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. |
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February 3rd 04, 03:19 PM
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Brenda Ann wrote:
I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. My unabridged dictionary says that antennas is the plural of RF antenna and antennae is the plural of insect antenna. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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February 3rd 04, 03:17 PM
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W4JLE wrote:
That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. My guess is that the plural for insect antennae came from Latin and the plural for RF antennas came from a more modern language. The word "antenna" entered the English language around 1646 from Middle Latin according to my dictionary. There were no RF antennas in 1646, at least not on purpose. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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February 3rd 04, 06:07 AM
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"W4JLE" w4jle(remove to wrote in message ... That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. I believe that both plurals (antennas and antennae) are correct. One is simply the Latin plural, and the other the Anglicized plural. |
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February 3rd 04, 03:17 PM
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W4JLE wrote:
That certainly would explain why the plural of the two different types are different. My guess is that the plural for insect antennae came from Latin and the plural for RF antennas came from a more modern language. The word "antenna" entered the English language around 1646 from Middle Latin according to my dictionary. There were no RF antennas in 1646, at least not on purpose. -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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