new dual NPN and PNP transistors

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Pat Ford <pat.ford@nrc.ca> wrote
(in <cjugm9$hlg$1@nrc-news.nrc.ca&gt about 'new dual NPN and PNP
transistors', on Tue, 5 Oct 2004:

Hmm I guess all my friends and coworkers are 'mericans, the aboot is
mostly
Quebec(french) east to the coast.

It's also pronounced like that in Scotland.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
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The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
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[John Larkin]

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:38:06 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

I'm sitting here doing just that right now. Replacing a couple of
pages of kludge (clearly designed by a discrete designer ;-)

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.

John

 

[Joerg]

Hi Spehro,

I don't know what he's talking about either. The word "about" is
always pronounced "about" in Canada. ;-) Just like "house".


I've met a few folks from BC who actually did pronounce it shorter, like

the 'o' in "Woman". They lived and worked in the US so maybe that's what
did it. But the engineers at QNX (Ontario) used to say "aboot". They
also use orange golf balls. Somehow the white versions are hard to find
when it gets cold up there ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Joerg]

Hi John,

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.


Would only work if you threaten to ban the sale of Shiraz and Merlot in

Arizona. And maybe Widmer's ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:32:03 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Hi John,

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.


Would only work if you threaten to ban the sale of Shiraz and Merlot in
Arizona. And maybe Widmer's ;-)

I used to send him Widmer, but I think he has discovered a local
supply. That reduces my leverage a lot.

John

 

[Pat Ford]

"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote in message
news:uSA8d.7009$nj.4015@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...

Hi Spehro,

I don't know what he's talking about either. The word "about" is
always pronounced "about" in Canada. ;-) Just like "house".


I've met a few folks from BC who actually did pronounce it shorter, like
the 'o' in "Woman". They lived and worked in the US so maybe that's what
did it. But the engineers at QNX (Ontario) used to say "aboot". They
also use orange golf balls. Somehow the white versions are hard to find
when it gets cold up there ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

I worked at QNX ( in Kanata, now part of Ottawa) for 4.5 years ( in the
embedded group, then QA) I don't remember hearing "aboot", but that was
close to 5 years ago, who knows who is still there.
Pat

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 09:37:41 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:38:06 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:


I'm sitting here doing just that right now. Replacing a couple of
pages of kludge (clearly designed by a discrete designer ;-)

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.

John

Don't you remember? It's now available at the Safeway near me.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[Joerg]

Hi Pat,

I worked at QNX ( in Kanata, now part of Ottawa) for 4.5 years ( in the
embedded group, then QA) I don't remember hearing "aboot", but that was
close to 5 years ago, who knows who is still there.


That's interesting. Especially since my involvement with QNX (as a

customer) was also about five years ago. We were on the phone a lot with
questions regarding realtime apps and I guess that must have been close
to what the embedded group does. However, we ran it on a PC architecture.

At this point I must say that when I went to the Embedded Systems
Conference in San Jose six years or so ago I was impressed by the
knowledge level of the QNX folks. One said he was "only a sales guy" but
lo and behold he answered all our technical question to the fullest. He
insisted that what I had written down need to be double checked by the
responsible engineer who looked and said it's 100% correct. Wow. A major
competitor fared much worse, most folks there didn't have a clue about
interrupt latency and stuff like that. That did it. QNX it was for us
and we ordered the whole chebang of tools.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Joerg]

Hi Jim,

Check Sam's Club. They used to carry Widmer's sometimes at a pretty good
price.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 19:58:25 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

Hi Jim,

Check Sam's Club. They used to carry Widmer's sometimes at a pretty good
price.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

I occasionally get to Sam's Club, but I only drink a beer every week
or so, so a 6-pack probably lasts me two months. Now, wine, that's
another story ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.

 

[John Larkin]

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 11:56:58 -0700, Jim Thompson
<thegreatone@example.com> wrote:

On Tue, 05 Oct 2004 09:37:41 -0700, John Larkin
jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:38:06 -0700, Jim Thompson
thegreatone@example.com> wrote:


I'm sitting here doing just that right now. Replacing a couple of
pages of kludge (clearly designed by a discrete designer ;-)

Watch your tongue, young Jim, or I'll cut off your beer.

John


Don't you remember? It's now available at the Safeway near me.

...Jim Thompson

Damn, I should have peeled the labels off.

John

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Arie de Muynck
<Sorry_I_hate_spam@nomail.com> wrote (in <41631064$0$42417$e4fe514c@news
..xs4all.nl&gt about 'new dual NPN and PNP transistors', on Tue, 5 Oct
2004:

Spelled: "erwtensoep" without the 'e' at the end.
Actually, the 'w' is hardly pronounced.

I don't know where the 'e' came from; I looked up the spelling. Yes, as
I heard the word, the 'w' is not like a long 'o' or 'u' but very short,
and the strong accent is on the 'E'.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Paul Burke]

John Woodgate wrote:

But beware; there is not just ONE Scottish accent; there are three major
divisions, Borders, Lowlands and Highlands, and there is a pronounced
east-west divergence in Lowlands.

OK cleverclogs, now give us a phonetic rendering of "about" in the
Northern Irish version, say from round Lisburn...

In Edinburgh, the voice is pitched an octave
higher, or seems to be.

Also in Dundee, nearby Magdalen Green.

Paul Burke

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlog
DOTyou.knowwhat> wrote (in <dbh2m0tgqampl86oqum77lcd3lr332e5bk@4ax.com&gt
about 'new dual NPN and PNP transistors', on Mon, 4 Oct 2004:

There's no need to inspissate pea soup.

No, it's spiss enough already. Or should be. *Watery* pea soup is
disgusting. Something in it hydrolyses and makes it taste as if the peas
were decayed.

But hey, pea soup can be pretty good. Especially with a few other
vegetables and lots of smoked ham or bacon.

The Dutch make 'erwtensoepe' with smoked bacon. You can stand a spoon up
in it. Very good. The 'w' is a vowel.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:45:05 -0700, the renowned John Larkin
<jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote:

On 4 Oct 2004 05:16:55 -0700, shoppa@trailing-edge.com (Tim Shoppa)
wrote:


Speaking generally, the Japanese and European websites are nearly useless.
I've had some limited success with NEC and Toshiba. My guess is that
they went out and spent money on a pretty website that is pretty much
useless.

Tim.

For NEC semiconductors, try CEL.COM. Much better.

John

I think you get shunted there anyways, from the obvious www.nec.co.jp.

Part (certainly not all) of the problem is that companies such as NEC,
Toshiba, Hitachi, etc. are huge conglomerates selling everything from
commmercial satellite base stations to heavy equipment and ships to
consumer products. Same (evenmoreso) with their Korean Chaebol
cousins).


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:09:51 GMT, the renowned Rich Grise
<null@example.net> wrote:

On Sunday 03 October 2004 04:38 pm, Jim Thompson did deign to grace us with
the following:

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:42:43 GMT, Joerg
notthisjoergsch@removethispacbell.net> wrote:

[snip]

Sometimes I envy chip designers like Jim Thompson who can add matched
circuitry with a few mouse strokes and it costs them next to nothing.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

I'm sitting here doing just that right now. Replacing a couple of
pages of kludge (clearly designed by a discrete designer ;-) with a
^^^^^^

I can rationalize "Apostrophe police," but what do I call my fanatical
overreaction when people who are trying to say "klooge", write something
that rhymes with "sludge"?

"Kludge" (or, some allow, "kluge") is the correct spelling, of course:
http://www.bartleby.com/61/50/K0085000.html
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=kludge&x=0&y=0

Hey, it's English- the spelling and pronunciation doesn't have to
follow any one pattern. Like the imaginary word "ghot" (pronounced
"fish"- 'gh' as in "laugh", 'o' as in "women", and 't' as in
"nation").



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com> wrote
(in <2shk4mF1le5h1U1@uni-berlin.de&gt about 'new dual NPN and PNP
transistors', on Wed, 6 Oct 2004:

John Woodgate wrote:

But beware; there is not just ONE Scottish accent; there are three major
divisions, Borders, Lowlands and Highlands, and there is a pronounced
east-west divergence in Lowlands.

OK cleverclogs, now give us a phonetic rendering of "about" in the
Northern Irish version, say from round Lisburn...

Which street? (;-) I've had no opportunity to observe the local accents
in the north (or the south, for that matter).
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:16:04 GMT, the renowned Rich Grise
<null@example.net> wrote:

On Monday 04 October 2004 01:35 pm, John Woodgate did deign to grace us with
the following:

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP@interlog
DOTyou.knowwhat> wrote (in <sc93m099cd34dcs2uh63mt9jsqd1kja8l3@4ax.com&gt
about 'new dual NPN and PNP transistors', on Mon, 4 Oct 2004:
LOL> I googled it and found that there is a person using the pseudonym
"Ghoti Phtholognyrrh".

'yrrh' as in 'myrrh'. Yes. But having 'Fish' as a first name looks a bit
fishy, whereas 'Turner' is a very good surname - my mother's. (;-)
--

It's not his name, it's his job! ;-)

There's a local funeral home chain called "Turner and Porter". Nice
division of labor. One of their competitors is "Skinner and
Middlebrook".


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:04:25 -0400, the renowned "Pat Ford"
<pat.ford@nrc.ca> wrote:

"Rich Grise" <null@example.net> wrote in message
news:syz8d.4726$Sl2.40@trnddc09...
On Monday 04 October 2004 02:22 pm, Joerg did deign to grace us with the
following:

Hi Rich,

Or like "bot", Canadian short version for "about, 'o' as in "woman".



Huh?

In Canada, "about" is pronounced, "aboot". Where are you at, if you
don't
mind my asking? (or even if you do mind, it's too late, I've already
asked. >:-> )

Hmm I guess all my friends and coworkers are 'mericans, the aboot is mostly
Quebec(french) east to the coast.
Pat (proudly Canadian)

I don't know what he's talking about either. The word "about" is
always pronounced "about" in Canada. ;-) Just like "house".


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
--
"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward"
speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com