Subj : Becoming A Ham
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Sep 24 2019 14:02:00

AA>Hello Daryl!

August,

AA>It is interesting to learn that "ham" was originally a perjorative term.

AA>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio

AA>And now just a couple of generations later, something originally an insult
AA>is just a regular word in the hobby.

  H.A.M. also stands for H)ave A)nother M)eal...and you don't call us
"Late For Dinner", unless we're doing the dishes. <G>

  One group in Champaign, Illinois, has a "lunch gathering" at a
different restaurant every day of the week.

  I joke that one of the alternate phonetics I have is W)ild X)citing
Four Q)uiZ)ines. Now, Quisine isn't how you spell "cuisine". However, in
Louisiana, they spell FIDO (for a dog) as "Phideaux"...so, there you
are. <G>

  And, everybody has to eat. Plus, if amateur radio operators eat ham,
that makes us cannibalistic <G>.

Daryl, WX4QZ


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