What about a new language?

[cerlawson]

They say that the kids doing texting have new languages that cuts short the amount of key stokes needed, yet still understandable. Ham radio operators using Morse Code have done this for years, yet how many of us would know what is meant by the numbers 73? (Best wishes)?

There is one butchering of the English language that gets me, even though I know what it means. In reading various posts I have never yet seen a writer use the correct term for saying something is "excessive". I refer to the three 2's. They are : to, too and two. From what I can glean from this there is a new language shortening things so the simple use of "to" would suffice for telling about the "to front wheels on his tractor", etc.. We know what that means, even if spelled wrong. Regardless I cringe every time I see this sort of phrase: " The chain we used was to short" or similar avoiding the word "too".

It won't be 2 long before I read: "the chain we used was 2 short". Or: "I 2 am 2 tired of this shortening of words 2wice".

 

[85Hokie]

They say that the kids doing texting have new languages that cuts short the amount of key stokes needed, yet still understandable. Ham radio operators using Morse Code have done this for years, yet how many of us would know what is meant by the numbers 73? (Best wishes)?

There is one butchering of the English language that gets me, even though I know what it means. In reading various posts I have never yet seen a writer use the correct term for saying something is "excessive". I refer to the three 2's. They are : to, too and two. From what I can glean from this there is a new language shortening things so the simple use of "to" would suffice for telling about the "to front wheels on his tractor", etc.. We know what that means, even if spelled wrong. Regardless I cringe every time I see this sort of phrase: " The chain we used was to short" or similar avoiding the word "too".

It won't be 2 long before I read: "the chain we used was 2 short". Or: "I 2 am 2 tired of this shortening of words 2wice".

u no u r xactly rite bout de hole word thing, I 2 cate spel a lic but du not like the short txt thing!!! LOL

 

[Burt]

They say that the kids doing texting have new languages that cuts short the amount of key stokes needed, yet still understandable. Ham radio operators using Morse Code have done this for years, yet how many of us would know what is meant by the numbers 73? (Best wishes)?

There is one butchering of the English language that gets me, even though I know what it means. In reading various posts I have never yet seen a writer use the correct term for saying something is "excessive". I refer to the three 2's. They are : to, too and two. From what I can glean from this there is a new language shortening things so the simple use of "to" would suffice for telling about the "to front wheels on his tractor", etc.. We know what that means, even if spelled wrong. Regardless I cringe every time I see this sort of phrase: " The chain we used was to short" or similar avoiding the word "too".

It won't be 2 long before I read: "the chain we used was 2 short". Or: "I 2 am 2 tired of this shortening of words 2wice".

cerlawson,

I was a cryptographer and am a ham 73 means best wishes and goodbye. 72 means the same but using low power, usually 5W or less. Morse code requires shortening as it takes less time on the air.

We also used "Q" codes in the NAVY the same as civilian operators.

For military, we used "Z" codes and also had plenty of "private" ways of communicating via code.

Don't worry about the kids, they will survive and we will also.

73, over,

Burt

 

[eddiebob]

Histronics...........

 

[Daren Todd]

With having our youngest just moving out a couple of years ago, we've had our fair share of teenagers coming through the house. I've noticed a lot of kids are also speaking the shortened text speak. Instead of laughing, they are saying "lol" and "idk" for i don't know. My kids started doing that and they got there ears boxed and we actually had a guy come in here applying for a job a few years ago talking like that. Then couldn't figure out why he didn't get the job

 

[skeets]

That's a 4 roger so 73's and 88's to the pretty ones and watch your 6 out on the boulevard,, the unit 150 coal country going 10-7 we gone

 

[cerlawson]

Skeets: Many a CB'r has come into the ranks of the hams. No more 10-4's then. This weekend will be the annual Field Day with hams operating with emergency power in a big contest, usually out at a camp ground.. Lots of short QSO's then.

 

[skeets]

I went the other way,,lol,, for kicks a bud and I hooked up an old Knight 150 watt to his Robyn base and off the ground plane talked some pretty impressive skip,, yes very illegal I know and somebody found that if you used a couple different crystals in the Robyn you could talk all over the world off a Y Quad beam,, never did set up a freq meter to see where we were but it was quiet and fun,,, But that was a long time ago I started going through the book to get my ham license back, figured 2 meters would be the way to go, would like to get back on 10, but with repeaters and new fangled technology , I sure miss the days of brute power.

 

[cerlawson]

A FCC story. One day 20 years back listening to a local 2 meter repeater in Madison, WI I happened to hear a call sign not from our area so I struck up a conversation. Turned out it was a FCC employee that was getting some license plates fo his vehicles to use in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He was then heading for Minnesota. It so happened so was I. So we hooked up direct on 2 meters mobile and carried on a conversation for the next few hours and we didn't use the repeaters along the way. Funny thing about that guy, he never used his call sign in that direct conversazione once (rules say once every 10 minutes). A 18 wheeler passed us and his amplifier for his CB rig was readily seen on the dash on rider's side. I asked the guy about that and he said they don't bother with those illegals. They spend their time checking out commercial radio and TV stations. So CB rigs using high power didn't seem to be one of their worries. Today the ham bands are totally crowded in that Field Day contest. Great fun trying to get through the competition.

 

[skeets]

His QSL wouldn't have been King 3 Whiskey Whiskey Whiskey would it? lol

 

[cerlawson]

Skeets: I can't recall, but more likely it was a zero rather than a 3 in there. His home area was Twin Cities. Since once we were on the road, it never was spoken again in that 3 hr trip.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

Breaker 1-9 for a radio check!

CB lingo today is it's own world with different meaning