Re: OT: Meaning of the word

[John English <je@brighton.ac.uk>]

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> US companies selling such service other than on the original 800 Mhz
> "A carrier" and "B carrier" AMPS service often use the term "wireless"
> to indicate that what they offer is somehow not "cellular" in nature.

Hmm, In the UK "the wireless" is what my parents used to listen to
before they started calling it "the radio" (i.e in the days of the
BBC broadcasting "the Home Service", "the Light Programme" and "the
Third Programme" before they became BBC Radio 4, Radio 2 and Radio 3
respectively).

Two countries separated by a common language, eh?

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