[Antennas] OT British v American English Query WAS Optimal longwire for QRP
Bob Nielsen
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2002年5月15日 05:03:08 -0700
On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 04:06:49PM -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>Now, if what you are talking about is what some Americans call "bungie"
> >>>cords then I always have couple in the boot. But I do remember pictures of
> >>>some cars with belts on the hood running parallel to the win'screen.
>> Was meaning does the word "snipe" have in Great Britian? I ask due to
> use of that word to name the recent Afghanistan operation by the Royal
> Marines.
Probably this:
Snipe \Snipe,円 v. t.
1. To shoot at (detached men of an enemy's force) at long
range, esp. when not in action.
or this:
3: shoot from a concealed position [syn: {sharpshoot}]