Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agoAsk a stupid question...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1720
arrow-up1720imageAsk a stupid question...lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareBaby Shoggoth [she/her]linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 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.
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.