On 24/9/20 10:17 am, Phil Allison wrote:
Pimpom wrote:

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** You are describing a dedicated "mast head amplifier" which do work well with weak signals.

"Antenna boosters" are not the same thing, only meant for indoor use.

I'm familiar with the term 'masthead amplifier' but they're all
called 'antenna boosters' over here - in popular usage, on the
package and sometimes on the unit itself. I didn't know that the
latter term is reserved for indoor units elsewhere.

** I have Indian neighbours from Hyderabad - he's an IT expert and she a stay at home mom.

I soon discovered "Indian English" differs from mine in numerous way - we regularly wind up speaking at cross purposes cos they apply different meanings to everyday words. She also spends hours each day staring at her I-phone so picks up lots of Americanisms.

For instance - they had no idea what Styrofoam was cos their name for it is "Thermocol". It's hard for them to believe their English is actually a bit odd as they only socialise with other Indians.

Indian English is a recognised variety of English. Not even definitely a
dialect, as it has its own grammar in some cases, which can be argued to
make it a distinct language (as e.g. Schweizerdeutsch is a distinct
language, not merely a dialect of German).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English

CH