Show that prefix super has suffered rare punishment me nt since R radio dio came dy by J 11 II MORE CROFT institute pt iladio engineers was there ever an art which called forth as aa many unpronounceable and unintelligible names as aa has radio this failing for coining names sometimes simple and sometimes complex for tubes and circuits originated at a certain laboratory in schenectady about 13 12 years ago according to our recollection these greco schenectady names lames as aa dr do forest aptly characterized them at tho the time were not asbia as bad aa they arat bounded because they were at least coined by men who knew somo some philology the names of sets and circuits which descend today on a startled world surpass ones powers of pronunciation and analysts s alike one firm kindly condescends to translate its ita namo name into ordinary english for us so wo we at least know what the namy names aro are intended to convoy but many others remain remain outside our vocabulary and in despair wo we have decided sot ilot to attempt to keep up kinger with the word coiners conners co iners that prefix super lias has suffered rare punishment sinco since radio cams came into its stride overworked so much that nowadays unless a set is super tiou or other no one pays any attention to it and the ilia situation has its serious side as well as comic many times lately wo we havo have been asked by enthusiastic newcomers in tho ilia radio neld field about tho ilia relative merits of the ilia euper diddle daddeo and tho ilia super di adlo and havo have had bad to confess that wo we even know what they were wherewith alth our reputation has straightway fallen to less than not nothing hingl iio ife knows tho he theory say our inquirers tut but lio he know how it is applied wont tho the word coiners conners take a few days off 7 |