How about "broadcast"? The origin is lost to most people in our urban* = society as well as to most farmers that use modern mechanical planting = methods. Sometimes the origins of a word are more interesting than the = present usage. * Or is it urbane? Well, not often enough in my experience. -----Original Message----- From: Larry Barnes [mailto:larry.barnes@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, 20 March, 2003 03:17 PM To: arpad.muranyi@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Two requests Arpad, I seem to remember about 30 years ago when I spelled the word as bus and = =3D an "ancient" engineer, the guy must have been 40, pointed out to me that = =3D "buss" is only correct when you are describing a fuse company. According to my electronics dictionary, the correct spelling has always = =3D been bus, as its usage was derived from the vehicle that carried a =3D number of individuals grouped together, hence the name.=3D20 Larry Barnes -----Original Message----- From: Muranyi, Arpad [mailto:arpad.muranyi@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 2:06 PM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Two requests I am surprised that no one asked the question what is the correct spelling for the single signal bus? Is it "bus" or "buss"? If I remember correctly, I have seen it both ways... And as a non English native, I could add a lot of oddities that have been bothering me as I was (am) learning the language. For example, an SI related word "differential" vs. "difference", why is one spelled with a "t" the other with a "c"? Can any one explain? Arpad =3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D= 3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D=3D 3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D= 3D =3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D= 3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D=3D 3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D= 3D =3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D=3D3D3D -----Original Message----- From: Doug Brooks [mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:52 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Two requests Hi all, This is certainly a "less-than-challenging" pair of questions for our = =3D =3D3D list,=3D3D20 but I know many of you can answer anything! 1. If a single signal bus is spelled "bus", what is the plural? Buses, = =3D =3D3D or=3D3D20 busses? 2. Can someone direct me to a web page with a schematic of a well =3D3D designed=3D3D20 cable TV signal splitter. I've taken a Radio Shack one apart, and =3D there=3D3D20 HAVE to be better designs! I'm curious what a good one looks like. Thanks for the off-topic help Doug Brooks ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu