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[ih] Invention of term 'email'
- Subject: [ih] Invention of term 'email'
- From: dhc2 at dcrocker.net (Dave Crocker)
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:56:21 -0700
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
> Oh, a Google Groups search produces a 19 May 1981 use of "EMAIL" in
> the context of discussing CompuServe --
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/fa.human-nets/1ZZF2m_S_zs
It strikes me that that message uses the word in a way that looks
already-established. That is, it doesn't look like someone coining a
term and floating it for people's reactions. Rather it looks like it's
used as if it had been getting used for awhile.
d/
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Dave Crocker
Brandenburg InternetWorking
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