Re: Spelling of email [was: Re: fried egg, surrounded by fried bread]
Chuck Riggs
wrote:
>Bob Cunningham wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:32 +0100, Chuck Riggs
>> <chr...@eircom.net> said:
>>
>> > On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:11:15 +0000 (UTC), R J Valentine
>> > <r...@TheWorld.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > >On Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:05 -0700 Woody Wordpecker <exw...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >} On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:29:32 +0100, Mike Barnes
>> > >} <mikeb...@bluebottle.com> said:
>> > >}
>> > >}> Seriously, though, my comment was directed specifically towards James,
>> > >}
>> > >} Then wouldn't e-mail be more appropriate?
>> > >
>> > >Was that directed towards me?
>> >
>> > Rather than continuing the circle dance by asking whether the last two
>> > questions would be more appropriate for email, I'll ask, isn't "email"
>> > the accepted spelling of the word, rather than "e-mail"? Didn't we, in
>> > AUE, settle this question a coon's age ago?
>>
>> No.
>>
>> See http://alt-usage-english.org/e-mail-vs-email.html ,
>> which was done a coon's age ago in alt.usage.english years.
>
>Racist!
The word coon, in this context, relates to raccoons, my son. Look it
up. And don't call me a racist again.
--
Regards,
Chuck Riggs
Near Dublin, Ireland
Paul J Kriha
news:n7dr24pbtad8bsli6...@4ax.com...
Oh, I see! I couldn't understand why he was calling you a racist.
pjk