OED be damned! I'm not going to change the name of one of my Yahoo Groups from Vintage-Military-RADAR
So there ! :) -Jo0hn ================== > As written in Wikipedia and as I have always understood: "The term > RADAR was coined in 1940 by the U.S. Navy as an acronym for radio > detection and ranging." > > David > > At 01:04 PM 12/20/2010, you wrote: > IMO this trend is a two edged sword: > > I don't like to see the historical aspect of the name lost by it > becomming > a lower-case noun. > > OTOH, it's been said that the ultimate tribute in Physics is to become > "part of the furniture", like Newton's or Maxwell's Laws. > > FWIW, > > -John > > =============== > > > > The Oxford dictionary has "radar", "loran" and > "scuba" all listed in lower > > case. > > > > Also according to them "radar" never was an acronym. It is a > coined > > word. Technically to be an acronym the it must be spelled by the > > first letter of several other words. "SCUBA" is an acronym > but > > "scuba" is now a common English word that has displaced the > old 1950's > > vintage "SCUBA" in modern usage. But "radar" was > never an acronym. > > > > The Oxford English Dictionary takes the view that the English > > language changes with time. You can disagree. Many people do and > > claim English has fixed rules that never change but if you do then you > > will have to pick a date for when it was "correct" and then > explain > > how it could be incorrect before that date. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:07 AM, paul swed wrote: > >> Indeed. But thats the way it goes. > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:52 PM, J. Forster wrote: > >> > >>> There ain't no such thing as Loran. It's LORAN, just like RADAR. > >>> > >>> They are BOTH acronyms. > >>> > >>> -John > >>> > >>> ================= > >>> > >>> > >>> > There never was a Loran receiver with a keypad. I am certain he > >>> meant > >>> > Loran C. Loran is (was) the common name for the service... But > then, > >>> > you already knew that, and were just trying to stir things up. > >>> > > >>> > -Chuck Harris > >>> > > >>> > Max Robinson wrote: > >>> >> He didn't say Loran C he said Loran. That is the old system that > >>> used > >>> >> to operate just above the AM broadcast band and took away most of > >>> the > >>> >> 160 meter ham band. That hasn't been around for decades. I don't > >>> think > >>> >> there is a version of it operating anywhere in the world. > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >>> > To unsubscribe, go to > >>> > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >>> > and follow the instructions there. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >>> To unsubscribe, go to > >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >>> and follow the instructions there. > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > >> To unsubscribe, go to > >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > >> and follow the instructions there. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > ===== > > Chris Albertson > > Redondo Beach, California > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.