Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 16:47:28 -0400 From: "S. Gwizdak " <wazm@rm-f.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: email vs. e-mail, was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha clock.c Message-ID: <200205212047.g4LKlSL54990@Cerberus.my.domain> In-Reply-To: Message from Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> of "Tue, 21 May 2002 12:29:55 BST." <20020521122955.A31528@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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> > > Knuth already did -- http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/email.htm > > I consider Knuth to be authoritative on matters relating to > > computer science. I do not consider him to be authoritative on > > matters relating to the use of the English language. When this use > > is recognized and recommended by the Oxford English Dictionary, I > > might consider it -- but not before. > I have an Oxford Encyclopaedic Dictionary from 1991 that lists email as > the primary usage. I expect the same to be true for the full dictionary, > but I don't have convenient access to a copy. I have access to the OED: email[2]: Colloq. shortening of electronic mail s.v. ELECTRONIC a. e-mail (verb): trans. To send by electronic mail; to communicate with (a person) by electronic mail. Also intr., to establish contact by electronic mail. It should be noted that email was first seen in print in 1982, whereas e-mail showed up in 1987. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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