纸质报纸都成snailpaper了
<p> 现在还有多少人会去邮局寄纸质信件呢？据说，纸质报纸的发行量也在减少，因为越来越多的人都转向网络获取资讯资讯了。所以，现在的纸质报纸也开始被人戏称为<span word="snailpaper">snailpaper</span>了。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> 2013. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="screens">screens</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="adherents">adherents</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="right">right</span>. <span word="Print">Print</span> <span word="newspapers">newspapers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="into">into</span> "<span word="snailpapers">snailpapers</span>" <span word="that">that</span> <span word="arrive">arrive</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="doorsteps">doorsteps</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> 12 <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="late">late</span>.</p><p> 现在是2013年了。各类屏幕已赢得不同派别的集体支持，而纸质报纸正在变成“蜗牛报纸”。报纸送到我们门口的时候，那上面的资讯我们12小时前就已经知道了。</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="word">word</span> “<span word="snailpaper">snailpaper</span>” <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="snail">snail</span> <span word="mail">mail</span>: <span word="letters">letters</span>, <span word="bills">bills</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="delivered">delivered</span> <span word="physically">physically</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="e">e</span>-<span word="mail">mail</span>. <span word="Slightly">Slightly</span> <span word="surprisingly">surprisingly</span>, <span word="snail">snail</span> <span word="mail">mail</span> <span word="entered">entered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="as">as</span> 1982. (<span word="Source">Source</span>: <span word="Word">Word</span> <span word="Spy">Spy</span>)</p><p> “蜗牛报纸”这个词是对“蜗牛信件”一词的演绎，蜗牛信件指通过人工投递的信件、账单等，比电子邮件肯定慢很多。不过让人有些意外的是，“蜗牛信件”这个词早在1982年时就被收录进常用语言词条了。</p>
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