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Subject:Re: e-mail From:Tom Tadfor Little <tlittle -at- LANL -dot- GOV> Date:Fri, 12 Jan 1996 13:42:58 -0700
Beverly Parks wrote:
> I just can't buy this excuse for not liking "email". For
> goodness sakes, there are a zillion *English* words that have
> multiple meanings, and you're worried about confusing "email"
> with a French word!
...not to mention the unlikely context in which a message
transmitted over a computer network might be confused with
enamel decoration painted on antique furniture.
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