From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,811674947553ef14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-27 16:46:00 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!chcgil2-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.binc.net!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Meaning of the word Date: 27 Nov 2001 18:45:47 -0600 Organization: LJK Software Message-ID: References: <5LHYDjy2Mcfg@eisner.encompasserve.org> <3BFC5861.D3E2B270@acm.org> <3bfcc8a9$0$15836$626a54ce@news.free.fr> <3BFEEB0B.E1C0E709@brighton.ac.uk> <9toatb$4bn$1@drcomp.erfurt.thur.de> <3C021EA6.4221485E@brighton.ac.uk> <3C037B03.5DDA76F7@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: eisner.encompasserve.org X-Trace: grandcanyon.binc.net 1006908349 2137 192.135.80.34 (28 Nov 2001 00:45:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@binc.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:17073 Date: 2001-11-27T18:45:47-06:00 List-Id: In article <3C037B03.5DDA76F7@brighton.ac.uk>, John English 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 :-)