Antedating of "Snail Mail"

[Fred Shapiro]

snail mail (OED 1983)

1982 (3 June) Net.unix-wizards posting by Bill Lee (Google Groups)  Our
Unix-Wizard mail is slower than snail mail these days.

Fred Shapiro


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