On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:07:12 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:


In parts of Indonesia, they using various whistling tones to call
someone. Nothing said until the conversation starts.

Peter

They also jabber on channel 16 a lot. Same same Malaysia. Came through
Malacca Harbour one night and have never heard so much talk. Even some
young lady that appeared to be advertising herself, albeit in vague
terms, Made me wonder what one could have done if there was an
emergency.

P.S. my spelling checker says "harbour" is a misspelled word :-)


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Hi Bruce,
Try getting a civilised one, not a pigeon-English variety.

If God had intended Americans to speak like pigeons he would have
given them wings and given them crops to produce pigeon's milk for
their offspring instead of two breasts.

cheers
Peter

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:05:13 +0000, Larry wrote:

Callsigns must always be used in international waters and foreign ports of
call.

Oh yes, especially in the Bahamas where everyone carries a VHF hand
held on shore to call taxis, make restaurant reservations, etc. Never
have heard a call sign there. The local convention is that channel 6
is for taxi service.

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:07:12 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:



They also jabber on channel 16 a lot. Same same Malaysia. Came through
Malacca Harbour one night and have never heard so much talk. Even some
young lady that appeared to be advertising herself, albeit in vague
terms, Made me wonder what one could have done if there was an
emergency.

P.S. my spelling checker says "harbour" is a misspelled word :-)


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)

Actually Bruce, I wonder whether the proliferation of the web and
various software packages will tend to nullify the differences between
the various branches of English in the not so distant future. I have
noticed that a lot of younger IT professionals spell "programme" as
the American "program" and nobody (including me) cares.

After all, the differences in American - British spelling probably
originate from the time US English was isolated from your colonial
masters. Reading Captain Cook's English and his spelling is not the
same as it would have been if he wrote today.

After all, the meaning is what is important and there are cultural
differences between the two. When I ask for a rubber at a shop I don't
expect to be handed a packet of condoms when I need an "eraser".

cheers
Peter

After all, the meaning is what is important and there are cultural
differences between the two. When I ask for a rubber at a shop I don't
expect to be handed a packet of condoms when I need an "eraser".

cheers
Peter

Then simply ask for an eraser, if that's what you want.


\Because every school kid here and in the UK knows them as rubbers

Herodotus wrote in
:

In parts of Indonesia, they using various whistling tones to call
someone. Nothing said until the conversation starts.

Peter



Our shrimp boat operators have their own colourful language on VHF with
plenty of variable expletives only heard on marine VHF, and formerly on CB
Channel 11 before they had VHF on the boats...way back when.

The coastal Geechee language is mixed with Gullah and some Vietnamese
dialects of late, adding to the maelstrom on the channel.

It's best to keep the children off that channel, especially as the day and
tempers flare into thunderstorms, both physical and mental.

Herodotus wrote in
:

If God had intended Americans to speak like pigeons he would have
given them wings and given them crops to produce pigeon's milk for
their offspring instead of two breasts.

cheers
Peter



Hey, watch it! I spelled it colourful in another post just for you guys!

Herodotus wrote in
:

When I ask for a rubber at a shop I don't
expect to be handed a packet of condoms when I need an "eraser".

cheers
Peter


I said, "I'm ****ed!", in an English pub and they all offered to drive me
home....(c;

Bruce in alaska wrote in news:fast-33E805.14314714072008
@netnews.worldnet.att.net:

Since the USCG is now the only Enforcement Agency listening on Maritime
Mobile Frequencies, these days, and they put their least experienced
trainees on the Mic, I really don't expect anything better.



In Charleston, that's not quite right, either. They put their least
experienced trainees IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE MIC, here....and the only way
you can hear what he's saying is to run the volume up full, risking to have
your speaker blown out when the other station he's talking to answers him.

I've offered to bring an IFR analyzer down to the CG base and set the gain
and deviation on the damned old FM radio they use down there but was
refused so the 800 Hz PEAK deviation continues for years. CG will never
create adjacent channel interference with their TRUE narrow band FM
transmitter.....

.....you can't understand the watch standers who mumble at all.....dammit.

wrote in :

I don't
know where they went after that.


Probably 13....(c;

On 2008-07-14 20:07:12 -0400, Bruce in Bangkok
said:

P.S. my spelling checker says "harbour" is a misspelled word :-)

Switch your system to "British" English (or Australian, Canadian
English, Hawaiian (!?), or Irish).

Well, at least if you've a Mac, of course.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-à-Deux -- Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
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