Re: Hetro dining? Webster's etymology says...

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From: Paul Elliott x225
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 17:38

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In article <4444@optilink.UUCP>, manley@optilink.UUCP (Dave Manley) writes:


> In article <4437@optilink.UUCP>, elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225) writes:
> > In article <17660105@hpfcdj.HP.COM>, myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) writes:
> > > >Sorry, but this is wrong. The 'super' in superheterodyne is actually
> > > >a contraction of 'supersonic' ...
> > 
> > > An interesting theory, but I suspect that it's incorrect as far as the
> > > actual origin of the word is concerned....

Hey!  I didn't write *any* of that stuff above!  Keep that up Dave, and I
will be forced to walk across the hall and set you straight IN PERSON!



> According to Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary the etymology of the 
> word 'superheterodyne' is: [*super*sonic + heterodyne].  The earliest date
> of usage is 1922.



Thanks for the definition, though.


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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!optilink!elliott
From: elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225)
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Subject: Re: Hetro dining? Webster's etymology says...
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Date: 17 Sep 90 17:38:10 GMT
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