Re: retronym alert: whitemail

[John Cook <john -dot- cook -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 1/27/06, Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
> Never heard this one before, but just ran across it. Looking for a word
> to describe a letter printed on paper and stuck in an envelope and don't
> want to use the slightly snarky _snail mail_? Try _whitemail._ I like it.

Perhaps we're over-thinking this.  We used to just call it "mail".  ; )

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