[ih] origin of term "snail mail"

Ted Faber faber at ISI.EDU
Tue Jul 30 13:59:40 PDT 2002


On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:34:20PM -0500, Ann Mulloy Ashmore wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am researching the origin of the term "snail mail."

The long gone, sorely missed Random House Word of the Day column did a
piece on this in 2000.  You can find it at:

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001020

Should you desire to get sucked into the time sink there, the main page
is:

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/

Enjoy.
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