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    What does Emma stand for in Ack Emma and Pip Emma?

    Question #98972. Asked by Flem-ish. (Aug 28 08 1:55 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Ack Emma - is a British slang term for "a.m." as in ante meridian. The phrase derives from a British signalman's letter code, in which Ack stood for A and so on. This is also where the word Ack Ack for anti-aircraft (AA) fire comes from, as well as the origin of the companion term Pip Emma.

    https://people.scs.fsu.edu/~burkardt/fun/wordplay/weird_words.html

    Aug 28 08, 2:15 PM
    looney_tunes

    		The letter m. Ack Emma = a.m. (from the Latin ante meridiwm, before midday, morning); Pip Emma = p.m. (from the Latin post meridiem, after midday, afternoon).

    See https://people.scs.fsu.edu/~burkardt/fun/wordplay/weird_words.html

    Ack Emma - is a British slang term for "a.m." as in ante meridian. The phrase derives from a British signalman's letter code, in which Ack stood for A and so on. This is also where the word Ack Ack for anti-aircraft (AA) fire comes from, as well as the origin of the companion term Pip Emma (see PG Wodehouse, somewhere).

    Aug 28 08, 2:20 PM

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