In the UK the term "Sprogs" has been applied to offspring. Possibly, because some of the electronic definitions apply...
:-) 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:44:28 +0100, Darren Long wrote: On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 01:44:28 +0100, Darren Long wrote: > Well, I've always thought of sproggies as spurious emissions, i.e. external to > the source, whereas I've thought of birdies as internal interference, perhaps > like tinitus. > > Googling finds the following (typed up, not copied, as the source is a scan) > from "A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English", by Eric Partridge: > > sprog,n .... <other unrelated defs> ... 'According to the Home Office, a graver > problem than politcal flak are the "spurious emissions" (known in the trade as > "sprogs"), which interfere with emergency services' (New Society article on > pirate radio stations, 19 May 1983, p. 252). > > Perhaps sprogii is the appropriate plural :) > > Cheers, > > Darren, G0HWW > > > On 25/06/14 01:27, K8JHR wrote: >> >> >> On 6/24/2014 7:48 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >>> I need to add to my UK <--> US dictionary: >>> >>> UK=Sproggy US=Spurious emission?? >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> spoggy >> >> Sparrow (bird): Spoggies are the most common birds in the residential areas >> of Broken Hill. Compare spagger, sprag, sproggy. >> >> I suspect he means "birdie" ... i.e., as you guess. >> >> >> More probably from "Down Under" ... more than the UK... >> >> ==================== K8JHR ===================== >> >> >> ;;\ >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to darren.l...@mac.com > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to stew...@twinwood.me ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
