lux

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lux. ... Or maybe for the soap.

For fans of radio days:

"Lux presents *Hollywood*! The Lux Radio Theatre is on the air!"


Idle speculation:

I wonder whether the constant use of "on _the_ …" / "off _the_ air"
influenced th L.A. Dept. of Water & Power's use of "on _the_ …" / "off
_the_ line," despite the fact that standard usage, even in the '50's,
in power-plant jargon, was already the
now-familiar-to-everybody-else-too-but-no-longer-written-that-way "on
…" / "off line."

Elsewhere: "Unit 3 is now _on line_."

Los Angeles: "Unit 3 is now _on *the* line_."

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