Do You C What I C?

I'm so confused. I still use "cc" when I'm copying someone on a letter? What's a letter? It's the thing we used before email.

Anyway, originally it meant "carbon copy." Of course, we haven't used carbon paper in many years, but we have continued to use "cc."

Recently, I started a new gig. They're younger and hipper and high-tech. I had to do a letter the other day and I thought, "Do I say "cc: Mr. Jones," or "c: Mr. Jones."

I played it safe and stuck with "cc" but it got me thinking that in this high-tech world in which we live there are some issues that we haven't fully dealt with.

If anyone knows the correct term, please forward.

Sincerely,

Dottie