What Hath God Wrought
Well, it had to happen. Western Union is finally going out of the telegram business.
One of the questions asked in the MSNBC article linked is "Ever get a telegram" (ok, it's in a fake survey linked along with the article).
Actually, to my knowledge, I've only ever received one in my life. It was about 21 years ago, and it came the day after I had a job interview with this big somewhat balding guy with a loud voice, and a name I'd never heard of before, Steve Ballmer. The telegram was to invite me out to Seattle to interview with a small software company that almost nobody had heard of. And the rest is history.
So it's finally the end of an era, telegrams will no longer be delivered, no more guy in the blue uniform with the funny brimmed hat.
Oh, and the title of this post? It's the text of the first telegram sent, from Samuel Morse to Alfred Vail (and no, I didn't know that off the top of my head).
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Anonymous
February 03, 2006
In one of those coincidences that make you go "Hm...", Samual Morse's message was sent on May 24, 1844. Baha'is mark the beginning of their religion on May 23, 1844.Anonymous
February 03, 2006
Does that mean that AT&T will need to drop its second "T" ? (^_^)Anonymous
February 03, 2006
Does it mean no more telegrams from Steve ?Anonymous
February 03, 2006
It's interesting to see how English has changed in the past 150 years: neither "hath" nor "wrought" are commonly used today.Anonymous
February 03, 2006
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February 05, 2006
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February 06, 2006
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February 06, 2006
"Wrought" is still fairly common in the sense of "wrought iron"; "hath" was probably archaic even 150 years ago...Anonymous
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