Antedating of "Snail Mail"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Feb 12 13:19:21 UTC 2007
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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