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Mum one to stop the Spanish messages (1-4)

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e-mail

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'mum one to stop the spanish messages' is the definition.
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'mum one to stop the spanish' is the wordplay.
'mum' becomes 'ma' (ma can mean mother).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'to stop' is an insertion indicator.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' ('the' in Spanish).
'ma'+'i'='mai'
'mai' put into 'el' is 'E-MAIL'.

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(Other definitions for e-mail that I've seen before include "Send a message" , "Electronic post" , "Online post" , "A lime (anag.)" , "Electronic message" .)

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