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# read 'The Victorian Internet'
great book - and that's exactly what they did. Online dating in 1890!
(I helped save b3ta! rob, Tue 19 Nov 2002, 12:42, archived)
# that's how the term
engaged came about,
when people would try and get hold of someone for telegraphsex, if the other person didn't fancy it they would say they were engaged to put them off.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 19 Nov 2002, 12:47, archived)
# is that a real fact
if so I learned my new fact for the day, and I go to sleep wiser, and happier.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 19 Nov 2002, 13:16, archived)
# sadly i'm not 100% of fact
so there might not be total accuracy there. But in the absence of any proof to the contrary I think it's safe to take it as 'legend has it'.
(I helped save b3ta! Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Tue 19 Nov 2002, 13:21, archived)
# hmmm, it sounds just about convincing enough
that said with certainty in my voice it will become a factoid, so it's good enough for pub use.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 19 Nov 2002, 13:35, archived)