Nerd Word of the Day: email

E-mail

Sorry, I’m 4 days late on this!  I’ve been out of Los Angeles, for the past couple days trying to avoid this, which was supposed to be brought on by this. Instead, I am being chased by these while braving the weather here.

Anyway.. I should be back home shortly.. but in the meantime, today’s nerd word marks the death of another word.

The Associated Press announced on the 18th of March the death of “e-mail” with a hyphen.. it’s now known as “email”.

Last year the AP did away with the hyphen in web-site website as well!  Poor hyphen, getting no respect!

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  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ChillBasedTV?feature=mhum PageDoll

    I knew it!! I knew you went there to get away from here to avoid the superquake! Rodney was great.

  • Camp Kohler – Sacramento CA

    oooh

  • Dezdkado

    Hah! You went the wrong way to avoid a quake (and a super-volcano)! But, at least you had some fun, and experienced something unknown in LA for years… breathable air. Wishing you safety on the way home.

  • LeoNaRD

    The decoration to communicate… foot-ball/base-ball

    …so-called graffiti …

    …happy springtime…spring chicken

  • LeoNaRD

    The decoration to communicate… foot-ball/base-ball

    …so-called graffiti …

    …happy springtime…spring chicken

  • LeoNaRD

    The decoration to communicate… foot-ball/base-ball

    …so-called graffiti …

    …happy springtime…spring chicken

  • Dezdkado

    Numbers and symbols would be next, I would think…

    1way street, Timbuk2, 2day, 2morrow, 241 deal, 4play, xlr8, cherry 3.14, @@walker (SW reference), ^cake, #cake, :cancer, sweet [16], etc.

  • Anonymous

    Seems my spellchecker knew it all along…

  • Dezdkado

    I’m getting notifications in my e-mail, oops… email again! Hip-hip-hooray!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IROEESZ3YKZU7PH2YHNUKPXFGQ Samuel

    There are no hyphenated Americans anymore either. We are either Americans or we are not.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911?feature=mhum Capman911

    Great story line you told in the email we received. It was cool-neat just down right cunning on your part. I enjoyed the little markers (urls) to follow.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ChillBasedTV?feature=mhum PageDoll

    Test reply..left at 8:37am

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ChillBasedTV?feature=mhum PageDoll

    Test reply 8:38am pst

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/ChillBasedTV?feature=mhum PageDoll

    Oh, you are getting reply notifies again. Whoops. “Read the comment first, Mike” Duh…

  • Evan Owen

    OMG Marina, YELLOWSTONE??!!! Don’t you know it sits on top of a megavolcano that could blow any time?! :razz:

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911?feature=mhum Capman911

    Just got home and seen your test in my email. Must be back working. :-)

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911?feature=mhum Capman911

    It’s great to look over to the right and see Karl’s White Horse on Marina’s Face book page. :-)

    White Night

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/capman911?feature=mhum Capman911

    It’s great to look over to the right and see Karl’s White Horse on Marina’s Face book page. :-)

    White Night

  • http://www.hotforwords.com HotForWords

    Yeah.. now I know! Maybe that wasn’t smart planning on my part! :-)

  • http://blog.cyberquill.com Cyberquill

    As per updated AP guidelines, how do I spell out aisle number “M” at my local supermarket? Is it the emaisle now, or can I still write em-aisle?

  • Lennie

    Everytime someone mentions it just makes me think of this instead:

  • Lennie

    Everytime someone mentions it just makes me think of this instead:

  • Neuroway

    Uno dos tres test test test… Uno dos tres…

  • Neuroway

    Received received… Test test test….

  • Dezdkado

    Hey! Neuroway’s back! Nice to see you’ve joined the Disqus Collective.

  • Dezdkado

    I’ve been meaning to ask you, what is the graphic in your avatar? When I look at it I see a centaur with sword and shield in front of the moon.

  • GabrielSaviour

    Hey Neuroway your back man, so good to see ya! Peace! And hope to see you soon! This is Neo if your wondering, for whatever it is worth, good to have you back,Jack!

  • Anonymous

    Hi Marina,
    I was wondering if you could sign your book for me if I send it to you.
    it would really mean alot to me.

    Thank you, Samuel.

  • http://www.hotforwords.com/members/jamessharp/ James Sharp

    That’s one of my favorite pictures (animated below)…
    http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/image00112.gif

    http://www.hotforwords.com/2010/12/07/the-longest-password-ever/#comment-108543642
    p.s. a lot of my posts aren’t posting, probably only with Opera though?

  • Neuroway

    And I hope you don’t think it’s looking at the moon taking a bath while exhibiting its ass in front of the whole world like a freaking barbaric savage, eh? Oh no! It is a very polite and well educated avatar, actually, wich I found wandering at the remotest confines of the internet. I decided to adopt it as soon as I saw it. It is facing the world, of course. Would you think otherwise? Only the moon can see its ass right now. The avatar will turn over to look at it only when no one is around. :-)

  • Neuroway

    Yah, freshly popped out of the womb of Disqus, so to speak. Just like a cookie out of the oven. Finally!

    Wow! What a new look, @GabrielSaviour! So, no more @thematrix for you then?

  • Anonymous

    Yay! I’m so glad you brought back the Nerd Word of the Day.

    The way I have been using e-mail is not with a hyphen but more like “Email”

    So it’s not one word?

  • Camp Kohler – Sacramento CA

    Don’t worry about it. If that one goes off, we will all be in trouble.

  • Anonymous

    Good to know, because it’s harder to type the hyphen in. Yes I’m sooooo lazy.

  • http://ideaapps2cash.com App Developers

    Well, that just makes it easier! Good to know!

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