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Signalise vs Signalese - What's the difference?

signalise | signalese |

As a verb signalise

is .

As a noun signalese is

words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the letters that they were sending and receiving, such as the.

signalise

English

Verb

(signalis)
    • ----

    signalese

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Words and abbreviations used by radio operators and other signalmen to clarify the letters that they were sending and receiving, such as the .
  • * 1967 , Lawrence Wright, The Wooden Sword , page 164
    • The signalese for 'S/L' I could decipher, but the NMI defeated me, until I learned that it referred to the fact, an oddity to Americans, that I had 'No Middle Initial'.
  • * 1990 , Ken Bradstreet, Hellcats
    • The signal "dit-dah-dit- dit-dit" which, in signalese meant "wait", was heard a lot while we attempted to decipher what it was the operator on the other end
  • * 2006 , Ian Pfennigwerth, A Man of Intelligence: The Life of Captain Eric Nave, Australian Codebreaker , page 47
    • The commodore's staff prepares the necessary message using a standardised jargon used by the Navy, sometimes referred to as 'signalese' .

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