On 17/01/18 02:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 16/01/18 12:15 PM, davidson@freevolt.org wrote: > >> Is there a natural law or something, that every email message sent >> must contain at least one distracting error that is totally beside the >> point? >> >> Anyways, over and out. > > "Over" means "My transmission is finished; I expect a reply." > "Out" means "My transmission is finished; I do not expect a reply." > > One more distracting error... :-) > Surely it depends on your context. If you're communicating over a radio, then sure, they mean what you mean. But perhaps it's a quotation (wiktionary states that "over and out" is mostly used in TV and films). Perhaps it's a reference to cricket (as in "The over is complete, AND the batsman is out").
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