Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sbcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!debray From: debray@sbcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: another etymology Message-ID: <433@sbcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Aug-83 10:09:18 EDT Article-I.D.: sbcs.433 Posted: Tue Aug 2 10:09:18 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Aug-83 23:23:04 EDT References: <523@mit-eddie.UUCP> Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook Lines: 7 I wonder whether "finger" might have anything to do with the word "fist" as used by ham radio operators in the old days of Morse Code transmission: I believe "fist" referred to an operator's distinctive transmission style, and equivalently, his identity. Saumya Debray SUNY at Stony Brook