Seño avoids potential mistakes. It is quite common in these parts. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/se%C3%B1o
On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 8:12 AM Stephen Flowers via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > All, > Same in Spanish: Señorita (unmarried lady), Señora (married lady). > However, you’d likely get killed if you called a Señora an “ex - > señorita”. Dangerous waters, tread carefully is all I’m saying.. LOL > > 73, > Stephen (W2WF) > > > On Jan 7, 2024, at 8:44 PM, Chris Medlin via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > Our abbreviated signals are just shorthand. > CQ is derived from “seek you” > OM is old man. That’s you, Anthony (and me). > YL is “Young Lady”… you got that right. A YL can be licensed or > non-licensed. When a YL gets married, regardless of License or Non-License, > she becomes an Ex-YL, or XYL. > Similar to French, if I recall correctly from High School French class > (and Phillipe can also correct me) Mademoiselle is the young lady whereas > Madam is the married lady. > > XYL is just the wife. Shouldnt be a statement that someone gets offended > over. > Of they do, just continue to use the shorthand in CW, where it was likely > birthed and she will be none the wiser, unless she knows CW, then its > likely she wont care. > > Chris/AC5CM > > > Typos brought to you by iPhone > > On Jan 7, 2024, at 16:04, anthony moro via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > So today I was schooled why I shouldn't call a female operator a XYL. So > XYL means unlicensed female operator, or ones wife that is an operator. > Either way it seems to me that it is not a good idea to say that to you > better half if she is an operator. I was given this when I said that. > > Young Lady > The term "Young Lady" derives from a Morse code abbreviation, YL, that is > used to refer to female amateur radio operators, regardless of age. (As > male operators of any age are addressed as OM or "old man", the > non-licensed spouse of an OM is often called an XYL.) > -- > *Anthony Morones* > * W5LIC* > *w5li...@gmail.com <w5li...@gmail.com>* > * 713-410-3948* > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ >
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