Talk:Carbon copy
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[edit] Origin
I have heard that the term CC was used long before typewriters or carbon paper so this definition may be the modern adopted origin but not the true one.
- IIRC, people used carbon paper when writing out forms, etc., to get multiple copies without having to write it again. Wizrdwarts 17:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] A didactic tool
Apart for encyclopedic reason, I added the e-mail section because a lot of people ask me what is Carbon copy. I would like to be able to direct them to a tutorial. Wikibook may be better, what do you think? Reply to David Latapie 14:54, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Still used
Article states: Carbon copying, often abbreviated to c.c., was originally the technique of using carbon paper to produce several copies of paper documents. This technique is still used quite a lot. Shouldn't the article say: Carbon copying, often abbreviated to c.c., is a technique of using carbon paper to produce several copies of paper documents.
[edit] Use as a verb
- The term Cc has entered the vernacular as a common verb "To Cc." Appropriate conjugation is:
- Simple present: I Cc the email.
- Present continuous: I am Ccing the email.
- Simple past: I Cced the email.
- Past perfect: I had Cced the email.
I don't think the above section really belongs in the article, since the notion of verbing nouns is hardly particular to Cc, nor does Cc really exemplify such usage. Everything after the first sentence could be omitted entirely as obvious, since these are regular conjugations. - furrykef (Talk at me) 13:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] TO Sum it all up..
SO To is normal. CC is if you dont expect a reply, and BCC is to hide the other recipients?? Realg187 18:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
