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Tapesponding vs Tapespondent - What's the difference?

tapesponding | tapespondent | Derived terms |

Tapespondent is a derived term of tapesponding.



In lang=en terms the difference between tapesponding and tapespondent

is that tapesponding is friendly communication by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post, as engaged in by tapespondents while tapespondent is a sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post.

tapesponding

English

Noun

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  • (dated) Friendly communication by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post, as engaged in by tapespondents.

    • tapespondent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sort of penfriend who communicated by means of early audio tape recordings sent in the post.
  • * 1967 , Ken Peters, Modern tape recording and hi-fi
    • The average is probably around three or four, but some tapespondents have more than fifty contacts.
  • * 1969 , High Fidelity (volume 19, issues 7-12)
    • So, while some tapespondents wrap their tapes in aluminum foil...
  • * 2002 , Tom Sherman, Peggy Gale, Before and After the I-Bomb: An Artist in the Information Environment
    • I remember a few particularly valued tapespondents : Don from Riverside, California; Louis from Miami, Florida...

    Derived terms

    * tapesponding