General Discussions
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII.
Over OR out
Posted by:
Dietzsch
()
Date: April 07, 2001 06:55PM
<HTML>As I mentioned elsewhere, I was with liaisons in the Dutch army. Let me try to kill a widely spread misunderstanding.
At the end of a transmission, one says either \'over\', to get an answer back, or \'out\' to end the conversation. There is no such thing as \'over and out\', because that simply makes no sense. Another Hollywood invention. Guess they figured it sounds cool...</HTML>
At the end of a transmission, one says either \'over\', to get an answer back, or \'out\' to end the conversation. There is no such thing as \'over and out\', because that simply makes no sense. Another Hollywood invention. Guess they figured it sounds cool...</HTML>