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From: Diana Ost
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 2:20 PM
To: 'Jones, Donna'
Subject: RE: Email versus e-mail
Although the Microsoft Manual of Technical Style suggests using "e-mail"
with the hyphen to indicate the root words "electronic mail," the other
spelling is becoming more and more common. :-(
I use the hyphenated form in my documentation, and understand stumbling
over the other spelling--I do that too.
Diana Ost
Technical Writer/Reporting Analyst
Production Administration
Market Street Mortgage Corporation
diana -dot- ost -at- msmcorp -dot- com
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Behalf Of Jones, Donna
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 2:01 PM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Email versus e-mail
I don't know why, but the abbreviation "email" instead of "e-mail" bugs
me, though I know that both are common.
When I see the two parts merged together without the hyphen, my brain
pronounces the word with a short E. In other words, email and emperor
start with the same sound. I think I also put the emphasis on the second
syllable, which makes it sound even more ridiculous. Capitalizing the E
helps me a little if the word doesn't fall at the beginning of a
sentence.
So am I totally insane? 8-) (Wait, don't answer that!)
Donna
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