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Default Even PCBs are written in "Engrish" now
In article xTH3k.21951$C12.9097@pd7urf3no, (Tom)
wrote:
I can understand the obvious misspelling, but what is "wafer" supposed to
mean?

Isn't it the way fer power to come in? or else the way fer it to go
out? Probably they just omitted the apostrophe from the contracted form
wa'fer.

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