Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 10 months agoAsk a stupid question...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1808arrow-down116
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minus-squareBaby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·10 months agoonline, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031 email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763 The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents. Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.
minus-squarefkn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoThings many people discovered again in this comment: Fuck, I’m old.
online, 70y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/online#etymonline_v_7031
email, 41y ago: https://www.etymonline.com/word/e-mail#etymonline_v_5763
The internet didn’t exist at this time, but those two words did, and referred to their pre-internet equivalents.
Also, I was making a joke. But you do happen to be incorrect.
Things many people discovered again in this comment:
Fuck, I’m old.