[thelist] Email vs. E-mail vs. email vs. e-mail

Jonathan_A_McPherson at rl.gov Jonathan_A_McPherson at rl.gov
Tue May 21 10:02:01 CDT 2002


Ummm...

"What is the correct spelling of the word 'email'?"

Does anyone else see the obvious reason that the spelling 'email' won in
this poll?

(-:

Jonathan.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Cartwright [mailto:mail at jasoncartwright.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:24 AM
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Interesting question :)

http://list-lingo.com ran a poll -

What is the correct spelling of the word 'email'?
email 34.2%
e-mail 26.1%
E-mail 15.3%
E-Mail 14.4%
Email 9.9%

Wired.com had a huge debate -
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,39450,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39651,00.html

I tend to refer to it as just 'mail' (eg "mail me that document over")
and everyone knows what I mean. But maybe that's just because I'm a
geek?

Jason
www.jasoncartwright.com



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