Wired News: Telegram Passes Into History
I thought this was interesting, always wondered why they said "stop."
Wired News: Telegram Passes Into History: "Telegrams reached their peak popularity in the 1920s and 1930s when it was cheaper to send a telegram than to place a long distance telephone call. People would save money by using the word 'stop' instead of periods to end sentences because punctuation was extra while the four character word was free."
posted by Alexander Romero @ 5:12 PM
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I always wondered too. I'll add it to the tons of other useless trivia facts I have in my brain. Useless but cool to know.
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