The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139957   Message #3217482
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
03-Sep-11 - 05:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Fossilised phrases
Subject: RE: BS: Fossilised phrases
cc used to stand for carbon copy ........

.... It's probably pronounced see-see now, so younger people don't realize the connection.



I am far from young but I have only just found out the origin of "cc" by reading this thread, even though I have seen and used it many times. Some of us are slow learners!

DC