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diahnnaa
diahnnaa
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High School - 9th Grade

How is a telegram different from a regular letter?

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Posted by diahnnaa on Tuesday March 10, 2009 at 12:43 PM and tagged with bud, not buddy, difference, letter, telegram.

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  1. timbrady Teacher
    College - Senior

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    There are two basic differences.  One is electronic and has to be sent and received by a person trained in Morse Code; a letter is a physical document you create and send through the postal service.  The other is the cost.  If you send a telegram, you pay by the word, so telegrams tend to be cryptic and much shorter than letters.

    The rise of e-mail has provided a method of communication that has the best of each of these ... it's almost instantaneous, and there is no direct charge for each message.

    I have never sent a telegram and I don't know anyone who has.

     

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    Posted by timbrady on Tuesday March 10, 2009 at 1:13 PM