--- Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately for the builders of "one-of's," like me (spelled one-off's
> in some places, for reasons I don't understand)...
It's not just spelled "one-off", it's pronounced "one-off" - as in
"Wan Awf", not "Wan Ov". It's an engineer's term for a prototype.
I think you are interpreting it as short for "one of a kind" which I
don't think it is exactly an abbreviation for. It might be short for
"run one off the assembly line and stop", though.
Not sure of the history, but it really is "one-off". I first heard the
term used 17 years ago, not that _it_ was new to the industry, but _I_
was new, then.
-ethan
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Received on Fri Nov 02 2001 - 17:22:00 GMT