
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>sent from a phone</div><div><br>On 23 Feb 2017, at 18:43, althio <<a href="mailto:althio.forum@gmail.com">althio.forum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Martin Koppenhoefer</span><br><div preoffsettop="34"><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="34"><span>"sorting office" sounds like an antique term, and although it appears this</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="82"><span>is what is used in the UK I couldn't find it in a (1) dictionary. "sorting</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" preoffsettop="130"><span>office" is likely not applying to huge distribution facilities</span><br></blockquote></div><span></span><br><span>It apparently does:</span><br><span><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting_office">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting_office</a></span></span><br><span><span><a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sorting-office">http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sorting-office</a></span></span><br><span><span><a href="http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/sorting-office">http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/sorting-office</a></span></span></div></blockquote><br><div><br></div><div>ok, the term might still be in use, but if you're not used to the term it's evoking pictures like this: <a href="http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29/main/11/440889.jpg">http://lowres-picturecabinet.com.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29/main/11/440889.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>according to wikipedia mail_centre is the word:</div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail#Operations">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail#Operations</a></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_centre">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_centre</a></div><div><br></div><div>according to google, sorting office is most important in dictionaries and mail centre is most important in the real world ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>cheers,</div><div>Martin </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>