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Originally Posted by taglines
Ever since snail mail became popular, back in 1981 I think, I was thinking the other day about how I hate reading on paper surfaces these days when I can read much more comfy on my e-reader, and could we call that old-school traditional kind of paper reading as "snail reading"....?
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Two things. Email became popular AFTER the first DOS PC in 1982. Probably didn't qualify as "popular" (as opposed maybe "convenient") for a few more years.
Second thing is that while "snail mail" is catchy, rhymes, and immediately causes one to think of mail that is slow, "snail reading" isn't catchy, doesn't rhyme, and immediately made me think of running around the garden with a magnifying glass searching for mollusks with itty bitty printing on their shells.
Sorry. Just doesn't work for me.
Considering the feeling I am getting that the only way to get a nook is to preorder 30 days in advance in 30 day increments, I would be willing to go with "snail nook", tho.