Off topic digression...

On Sep 6, 10:31 am, sc <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, September 05, 2011 16:37:39 Jacky Liu wrote:
>
> > Plus: what does the "CC" mean?
>
> cc is a throwback to the days we used typewriters -- carbon
> paper was used to make two copies at once, the underneath copy
> being called a "carbon copy" of the original

Some claim that's a false etymology, use of cc to indicate 'copies'
came long before carbon paper was invented.

Regards, John

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