Re: OT: Meaning of the word

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <3C037B03.5DDA76F7@brighton.ac.uk>, John English <je@brighton.ac.uk> writes:
> 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).

That use of the term applied in the United States as well.

> Two countries separated by a common language, eh?

Obviously the US is more Ada-like with its use of overloading :-)