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 _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:31:45 -0400 To: Barry Wellman <wellman@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.