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Fontasia to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

Could electronic mail undermine conventional post? – archive, 1 December 1983

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Could electronic mail undermine conventional post? – archive, 1 December 1983

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Fontasia to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago
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1 December 1983: Electronic mail tends to be informal in style encouraging people to send brazen messages but even if you are abroad, work can follow you wherever you are
  • @jballs@sh.itjust.works
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    19•2 years ago

    With as much as the article mentioned costs, I wouldn’t have been surprised to read “In order to keep electronic mail smaller, one may use abbreviated written speech. It is not uncommon to send a message simply stating ‘ey bby wan sum fuk?’”

    • @tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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      8•2 years ago

      8====D

    • @funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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      5•2 years ago

      oh yes please

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