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[ih] Invention of term 'email'
- Subject: [ih] Invention of term 'email'
- From: lyndon at orthanc.ca (Lyndon Nerenberg)
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:59:14 -0700
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On 2012-06-13, at 2:43 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:
> And that's what I'm interested in - is there any validity to the claims of
> origin for the term. (The OED cite would be the place to start, obviously.)
The OED's earliest citation is:
1979 _Electronics_ 7 June 63 (heading) Postal Service pushes ahead with E-mail.