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Subject: | Re: LF: Re: stress with xyl |
From: | "Alberto di Bene" <[email protected]> |
Date: | Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:47:29 +0200 |
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Hugh M0WYE wrote: 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.I can't understand how the CW abreviation XYL came about. Please check my 73 Alberto I2PHD |
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