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vidarh
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We can’t send mail farther than 500 miles (2002)
The actual story is not myth. It just isn't the origin of the term.
Hopper's note didn't suggest the word was new, but was funny exactly because it was not.
rkomorn
21 days ago
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Right, good correction. It's the origin part that's the myth.
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Hopper's note didn't suggest the word was new, but was funny exactly because it was not.