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Just to give us a little break from Prism vs. iPaq debates, here's a new wedge issue from Wired I thought was interesting.

Wired News ran an article today discussing their decision to change their spelling of electronic mail from "email" to "e-mail," abandoning the standards they set in Wired Style.

Which do you prefer? I'm sticking with "email" myself. I used to be the Technology Editor of a news website, and my Chief Content Officer and Copyeditor (who wrote our style guide) all agreed (as well as lower-casing "internet"). "E-mail" just looks old-fashioned to me, as if the electronic nature of the medium is still a novelty. Email acknowledges the medium's acceptance into mainstream culture.

Several posters on /. put the terms into a search engine, and "email" almost always one by a large margin. What do you think?

I think Wired is bored and looking to regain a little bit of it's 'authority figure' status that it has lost over time.

I, too, prefer email. It is pretty much a common noun now...clearly differentiated from the term mail.

I also hate when people capitalize 'internet' though I suppose there is a legitimate argument to do so.

And I wish the "world wide web" wording would just go away...too cheesy.

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Must be a slow day

I saw that on /. and thought it must have been a pretty slow day over at Wired.

First thought: Who cares?
Second thought: email

I believe that Internet is supposed to be capitalized. At least that's what Word tells me

Let's get to the tough stuff:

VDX == Visor Deluxe
Prism == Visor Prism
Plat == Visor Platinum

Discuss.

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Re: Must be a slow day

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Plat == Visor Platinum

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I allways use iemeel if I write dutch... that is how you would phonetically (how do you spell that??) would write email...

In ENG I sometimes write E-mail and sometimes email.. depends on my mood I guess... I allso sometimes just say 'mail' and use 'snailmail' for the paper version...

Over all I would prefer E-mail.. but that is too much work typing

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Why not use the scientific abreviation (sp? why is that such a long word?) Pt. Or how about the electron configuration? [Xe]4f^14 5d^9 6s^1. (Yes, I'm bored and I didn't memorize that, it's on the cover of my chem. book). All kidding aside, I think it does deserve the full name or even VPL (VPR for Prism) in some circumstances.

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Why not use the scientific abreviation (sp? why is that such a long word?) Pt. Or how about the electron configuration? [Xe]4f^14 5d^9 6s^1. (Yes, I'm bored and I didn't memorize that, it's on the cover of my chem. book). All kidding aside, I think it does deserve the full name or even VPL (VPR for Prism) in some circumstances.

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All kidding aside, I think it does deserve the full name or even VPL (VPR for Prism) in some circumstances.

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Personally, I like "email." Capitalizing "Internet" is probably justifiable because, after all, there is only one of them.

Merriam-Webster has e-mail.

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Originally posted by Gameboy70

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All kidding aside, I think it does deserve the full name or even VPL (VPR for Prism) in some circumstances.

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Sorry, but VPL is an abbreviation that's already spoken for. See Annie Hall.

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I think there is more than one internet. There is only one Internet. I saw that somewhere.

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Doing a web search, I found an interesting entry for VPL for alt.clothing.lingerie (Visible Panty Lines), which would be a great term for the Platinum considering the erm, Platinum establishments in the area. What were you referring to? [/B]

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Rob: He goes with that girl over there.

Alvy: Where?

Rob: The one with the VPL.

Alvy: VPL?

Rob: Visible Panty Line.

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, VPL and VPR it is!

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I prefer 'internet' and 'e-mail'. I get annoyed when word keeps 'correcting' internet to 'Internet', so I've added 'internet' to my word dictionary. Now everything is peaceful and quite!

What about putting an apostrophe before net, to abbreviate "internet?"

Email for me

I will always use email. Don't see the point in the dash at all. I only capitalize "internet" if it is at the beginning of a sentence.

Wired, like e-mail, is passe