Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)

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Post by harperawl » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 5:42 PM UTC

Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)
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Re: Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)

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Post by harperawl » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 5:47 PM UTC

I think the anchors got trimmed off the URL, so this URL doesn't point to the correct page anymore. Page 227

Re: Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)

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Post by 082349872349872 » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 6:15 PM UTC

harperawl wrote: post #2

I think the anchors got trimmed off the URL, so this URL doesn't point to the correct page anymore. Page 227

https://books.google.ch/books?id=_49JAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA227#v=one...

Re: Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)

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Post by dang » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 10:03 PM UTC

harperawl wrote: post #2

I think the anchors got trimmed off the URL, so this URL doesn't point to the correct page anymore. Page 227

Fixed now. Thanks!

Re: Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)

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Post by haeberli » Sat, Dec 14, 2024, 11:20 PM UTC

-a ) check out Leo Marks' "Between Silk and Cyanide", which touches on a telegrapher's signature 'fist' - they were distinguishing between different (German) senders of coded messages over the air.

-b) this is still relevant today for (especially amateur radio) morse code operators

Re: Telegraph Talk and Talkers (1902)

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Post by 082349872349872 » Sun, Dec 15, 2024, 4:17 PM UTC

LL commentary: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67333