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(1) Correspondents' Copy Vs (2) Carbon Copy

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Trevor | 21:52 Thu 06th Dec 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Years ago when I lived and worked in Jamaica and the Caribbean, I believed "cc:" -- please note the colon, means (1) but now I live in Canada everybody claims (2) instead. Understand, I have never encountered anyone who thinks as I do. Can someone explain: was I wrong from the beginning of my working life?
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Even traditional sources such as Hart's Rules for Compositors only gives the second, so it seems - unless there's a local usage in the Caribbean - that carbon copy is the correct version.
08:44 Fri 14th Dec 2001
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It's a bit late, I know, but I have always taken it that "cc" stood for "copies" in the same way that "pp" stands for "pages".
09:27 Sat 15th May 2004

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