[Air-l] real good e-writing

[Barry Wellman]

I received this note from the word guy of one of our local newspapers.

He basically argues for consistency. Grist for our mill.

Which reminds me: there's a show opening tonight in Toronto called
e-dentity.

 Barry Wellman
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:31:45 -0400
To: Barry Wellman <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca>
Subject: RE: real good

Dear Barry W,

Thanks for the note. The [newspaper's] style has been to stick with
e-mail, not because it's better than email but because so many other
constructions, some ephemeral and some lasting, use the e- format --
e-commerce, e-books, etc. -- and we like to be consistent.