[SI-LIST] Re: Two requests
- From: "Bart Bouma" <bart.bouma@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 09:07:21 +0100
What about "buzz"?
This brings us back to SI, because buzz on a bus(s) is unwanted ;-)
Bart
That bus/buss thing has been puzzling me, too.
Personally, I have this probably irrational dislike for the "buss"
spelling=
. I reserve Buss for fuses only (www.bussmann.com).
English is a second language to me (but as a guess, I can speak Arpad's
fir=
st language reasonably well :-) so I looked up a couple of on-line dictio=
naries. The the result is that bus is what you would expect (and it's sh=
ort for omnibus) but buss is...
(Source: www.allwords.com)
"Buss (n.) n.=20
1. A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.=20
2. To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.=20
3. A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the
he=
rring fishery."
Hmmm... I guess what would ultimately decide the question about the
spelli=
ng is finding out what was the origin of the word, that is how it came to=
be a terminus technicus in electronics.
Sandor
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Sandor Daranyi
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Muranyi, Arpad [mailto:arpad.muranyi@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 21 March 2003 8:06
> To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Two requests
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> 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...
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> 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?
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> Arpad
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> -----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
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> Hi all,
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> This is certainly a "less-than-challenging" pair of questions=20
> for our =3D
> list,=3D20
> but I know many of you can answer anything!
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> 1. If a single signal bus is spelled "bus", what is the=20
> plural? Buses, =3D
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> busses?
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> 2. Can someone direct me to a web page with a schematic of a well =3D
> designed=3D20
> cable TV signal splitter. I've taken a Radio Shack one apart,
> and there=3D20
> HAVE to be better designs! I'm curious what a good one looks like.
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> Thanks for the off-topic help
>
> Doug Brooks
>
>
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