snail-mail



snail-mail

n. post office mail; regular mail as opposed to electronic mail. (Refers to the slowness of regular mail in comparison to electronic mail or faxes.) There are lots of color pictures in the article, so I will send you the original by snail-mail.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
CintiaTHEEN-tyah (Spanish), SEEN-tyah (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Hungarian
Ludde-Swedish
Lalit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi
VinzenzVINT-sentsGerman
Ernestineer-nes-TEE-nə (German), UR-nəs-teen (English)French, German, English
AlgernonAL-jər-nahnEnglish