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From: FLAVELL@cernvm.cern.ch (Alan J Flavell)
Subject: Re: ack-ack and pip emma
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In article <44hcgc$co0@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
Brian.Kelk@cl.cam.ac.uk writes:
 
>   ak/ack  beer  do  emma  pip  esses  toc  vay/vic  (zem?)
>
>Note: ack-ack means AA means anti-aircraft (fire).
 
Toc H (pronounced toc aitch) is listed in the dictionary as
"signallers' rendering of T H, the initials of Talbot House, a
rest and recreation centre at Poperinghe in Belgium during WW I".
