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Messages in echo Irishman sent up (1-4)

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e-mail

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'messages in echo irishman sent up' is the definition.
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'echo irishman sent up' is the wordplay.
'echo' becomes 'e' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'irishman' becomes 'liam' (common Irish name).
'sent up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'liam' written backwards gives 'mail'.
'e'+'mail'='E-MAIL'

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(Other definitions for e-mail that I've seen before include "Online post" , "Means of communication" , "Modern method of communication via Internet" , "Electronic epistle" , "Electronic message" .)

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