Roger L. Elowitz wrote:
>
> <humor alert><humor alert><humor alert><humor alert><humor alert>
> (for those who have better things to do with their lives than read this)
>
> Gentlemen,
>
> Please refrain from using the politically incorrect word >skosh<. This word
> is an ethnic slur that is derived from the frugal nature of the Scottish
> people......I think. A >skosh< amount of something, as in.... a tiny
> measurement.... say,... "in reducing your SWR a skosh" calls to mind a
> trivial amount not worth dealing with. Nevertheless, amateurs of Scotch
> ancestry might be offended.
Offended? OFFENDED??? We're Scots, or Scottish. Scotch is what we
drink, ya wee lid!
73,
Ken K4XL
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