[LINK] Conflating multiple concepts into the single word "email"

[Tom Worthington]

On 21/11/13 12:12, Robin Whittle wrote:
> ... uses the term "email" on its own for three separate concepts ...

The OED lists four meanings for email: a system, a message, sending a
message and an address.

But there are also multiple uses of the older word "mail".


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