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Traffictoon#62 – Mailbox’s Empty But You Have Got a Mail?

7/2/2015 with

You've got mail

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When you see or hear the words you have got a mail, do you assume it has come through the post or that it’s in your email inbox?

So many words we use to describe the transactions we do online were originally, and still are, used to describe our more traditional way of sending information- via a post office. ‘Mail’ can mean email or paper mail; an inbox can be a physical thing or an online folder; to ‘post’ can mean take something to a post office or to place some information or pictures online. It’s no wonder this man has got confused!

As people across the world are sending more and more mail via the internet, and less and less information comes through the post, how long before ‘you have got a mail’ almost always means it’s on your computer?

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