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Subject:Re: e-mail From:Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH2 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:25:43 MST
David Ibbetson <ibbetson -at- IDIRECT -dot- COM> wrote-->
> I was wondering why "email" made me uneasy and suddenly realised that
> there's a danger that a stranger to the subject would, at least momentarily,
> confuse it with the French "e<acute>mail", "enamel", which is sometimes used
> by English-speaking fine-art dealers.
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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!
=*= Beverly Parks -- bparks -at- huachuca-emh2 -dot- army -dot- mil =*=
=*= Certified. =*=
=*= "I am not speaking for my employer." =*=
