■ Dear Mr. Buckley: I’ve just read your reply (Nov. 25) to my letter, in which you describe your idea for an “E-Z-Cap” keyboard.
Serendipity is at work here. In N&A for Sept. 30, a letter suggested that the word “e-mail” should be written “E-mail.” You replied that “it is very hard to impose rules In the cyberworld because the organic drive is to minimalize.” You encapsulated the essence of e-mail while responding to a simple grammatical inquiry, and I had to write (Nov. 25). My objective was to amplify your “minimalization” theme by including e-mail vernacular, probably the first time NR printed such an assault on traditional spelling! I am, of course, grateful for these 15 minutes of fame.
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