On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Barry Gershenfeld wro= te: > BTW, the original author pulled the page off his site. Also BTW the one = on > stackexchange is now the only remaining example :) > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:54 PM, RussellMc wrote: > > > > When LTSPICE has difficulty modelling reality and you have to do > > clever hings to make it work there is often summat aglae. > > > > I tried, for awhile, to find definition(s) for what looks like Latin ther= e, > and have discovered that you are the only one using the phrase on the > entire Web. At least, that's what Google is trying to convince me of. A= nd > I have found several posts over the years, also featuring the word 'gang' > in various combinations, all from you. I doubt this phrase is something > often heard in NZ :) My best guess on the matter is something like, > "somethings awry". History lesson, please. > > I was born in Stirling, Scotland (near Glasgow) and I remember this word being used often by the locals, meaning something similar to "awry". I gogglied for "Scottish aglae" and this helpful site turned up: http://www.glaswegian.info/Glaswegian-Words/Agley-or-Aglae-glaswegian-scott= ish-english-translate-words.htm D' ye ken noo? ;-) --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .