Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6745 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2003 09:46:01 -0000 Received: from murphys.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.225) by mailstore with SMTP; 15 Jul 2003 09:46:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 10107 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2003 09:45:52 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by murphys.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 15 Jul 2003 09:45:52 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19cMMz-0001Fa-LR for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:45:13 +0100 Received: from [194.247.47.231] (helo=mailout.zetnet.co.uk) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19cMMv-0001FR-Lb for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:45:09 +0100 Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19cMMv-0006BO-00 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:45:09 +0100 Received: from johnb5a82ea1a4 (bts-0369.dialup.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.49.113]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5.zet) with ESMTP id h6F9j6Fa031167 for ; Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:45:07 +0100 Message-ID: <006001c34ab5$d9b21ad0$7131f7c2@johnb5a82ea1a4> From: "John Rabson" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <000301c34a3f$561ad520$72ce28c3@captbrian> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:16:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: Re: YL XYL YF PR? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0tests=QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCESversion=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Then there was OG = 'old girl' but even 40 years ago that was used very rarely. About 35 years ago I had what we would now call an animated discussion with Sylvia Margolis (G3UML's mother) about the correct telegraphic term for spouse. She insisted that YF was correct, but somebody else in the conversation suggested that it would never really catch on. 73 John Rabson G3PAI ----- Original Message ----- From: "captbrian" To: Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:36 PM Subject: LF: YL XYL YF PR? > No. Remember this was all devised long before before ww2. > > OM equalled "old man" as a form of address of pre-war everyday useage > similar to "mate" or "chum" today . > YL equalled Young Lady - ie "my girl-friend " or even " steady " today. > > . In polite pre-war days courtship had serious and honourable intentions so > it was assumed that courtship ended in marriage not just an "affaire". > > After marrying the "Young Lady" she became ex-Young-Lady. Hence XYL - not > an insult but a compliment. > > When I was a bright-eyed teenager (around the beginning of time according to > my grandchildren now ) YF was equally common-place morse usage for Wife, > but that seems to have died. > > Of course, if so called same-sex marriages catch on a whole new raft of > abbreviations could be devised !! > > ' Morse code usage is a living social history ' - discuss. ;-)) > > > > Bryan G3GVB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alberto di Bene > To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org > Date: 14 July 2003 14:51 > Subject: Re: LF: Re: stress with xyl > > > >Hugh M0WYE wrote: > > > >>I can't understand how the CW abreviation XYL came about. Please check my > >> > >> > >OM stands for Old Man and YL stands for Young Lady, supposedly the wife > >of the old man. > >XYL was introduced to indicate a next-to-become YL, i.e. the fiancee, > >before marriage. > >Then it became customary to indicate the wife with XYL, but the correct > >way should be YL. > > > >73 Alberto I2PHD > > > > > > > > > > > > >