in my first post, i asked, rhetoricaly what about SOS?

this info perhaps is the same as can be found following Falgages links (i haven't yet!)
and comes from Dr Bill:
SOS originated in days when ship
communication was by Morse Code only. SOS was chosen
as emergency call because it could be sent by anybody,
not just rained operator. And could be recognized even
when static was making reception difficult.
When voice transmission became available 'MayDay MayDay
= French ' m'aidez ' = 'help me' was also used as
emergency call.


dr bill doesn't think SOS is a word.
(and perhaps the jury will remain deadlocked for a while on the term. we could let the discussion center on what is a word or isn't or we could explore:
1-OK
2-Taxi
3-google
or other words-with near universal meanings.
with near universal meanings.



my other obsession