英国：明信片走到了末路？
<p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="Post">Post</span>* <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Card">Card</span> <span word="Habit">Habit</span>? </p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="distinctive">distinctive</span> <span word="contributions">contributions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="doomed">doomed</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="postcards">postcards</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="emailed">emailed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="texted">texted</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="extinction">extinction</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> 1,000 <span word="holiday">holiday</span>-<span word="makers">makers</span> <span word="interviewed">interviewed</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="cards">cards</span>, <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="instead">instead</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="rivals">rivals</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="quarter">quarter</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="respondents">respondents</span> <span word="dismissed">dismissed</span> <span word="postcards">postcards</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="old">old</span>-<span word="fashioned">fashioned</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="further">further</span> 14% <span word="admitted">admitted</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="thinking">thinking</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fill">fill</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="challenging">challenging</span>, <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="home">home</span>. <span word="Although">Although</span> <span word="officially">officially</span> <span word="invented">invented</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Hungarian">Hungarian</span>, <span word="Emanuel">Emanuel</span> <span word="Herrmann">Herrmann</span>, <span word="in">in</span> 1869, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="illustrated">illustrated</span> <span word="cards">cards</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="enthusiasm">enthusiasm</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Victorian">Victorian</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>, <span word="joining">joining</span> <span word="Gothic">Gothic</span> <span word="architecture">architecture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="landscape">landscape</span> <span word="gardening">gardening</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="excelled">excelled</span>. "<span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="postcard">postcard</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="extinct">extinct</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="great">great</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Chris">Chris</span> <span word="Mottershead">Mottershead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Thomson">Thomson</span> <span word="Holidays">Holidays</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="commissioned">commissioned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poll">poll</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="backed">backed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Marie">Marie</span> <span word="Angelou">Angelou</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sussex">Sussex</span> <span word="University">University</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="investigated">investigated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="importance">importance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sending">sending</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="receiving">receiving</span> <span word="postcards">postcards</span>. "<span word="Postcards">Postcards</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="phone">phone</span> <span word="calls">calls</span>, <span word="instant">instant</span> <span word="texting">texting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="direct">direct</span> <span word="photo">photo</span> <span word="shots">shots</span> <span word="via">via</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span>," <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>. "<span word="All">All</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="useful">useful</span>, <span word="practical">practical</span> <span word="devices">devices</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="postcards">postcards</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="else">else</span>, <span word="something">something</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="mundane">mundane</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="simply">simply</span> <span word="functional">functional</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="imaginative">imaginative</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="personal">personal</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="evoke">evoke</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="atmosphere">atmosphere</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="do">do</span>. <span word="They">They</span>\'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="moment">moment</span>--<span word="with">with</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="collections">collections</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="years">years</span>." <span word="Postcard">Postcard</span>-<span word="collecting">collecting</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="deltiology">deltiology</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="third">third</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="coins">coins</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="stamps">stamps</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Britain">Britain</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="allied">allied</span> <span word="tradition">tradition</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="collecting">collecting</span> <span word="things">things</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="country">country</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="uniquely">uniquely</span> <span word="postcard">postcard</span>-<span word="related">related</span> <span word="achievements">achievements</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="invention">invention</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1902 <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="divided">divided</span> <span word="back">back</span>". <span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="address">address</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="writing">writing</span> <span word="area">area</span>, <span word="brief">brief</span> <span word="postcard">postcard</span> <span word="scribbles">scribbles</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="precursor">precursor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="today">today</span>\'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="cryptic">cryptic</span> <span word="text">text</span> <span word="messages">messages</span>.</p>
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