Godspeed revisited
I get one email from Google every day on the average (test initiated as of yesterday, 12pm cet). This one shows the friendly tone in Google’s mailings as well as a new well-intentioned greeting that just might not replace godspeed.
far surpassed by speed of bunt cake pan but only slightly faster than devilspeed.
see devilspeed
And, as interesting as this could prove to be, godspeed is the fastest speed, but, according to Urban Dictionary, not by far.
[gmail-noreply@google.com] to me
More options 9:48am (2½ hours ago)
(he) has accepted your invitation to Gmail and has chosen the brand new address (him)@gmail.com. (hi)s new address has been automatically added to your contact list so you can stay in touch with Gmail. Keep spreading the love of Gmail!
Speedy Delivery,
The Gmail Team
We were not able to find out where Speedy Delivery ranks on the secret speed scale, but – to me, at least, it sounds a little bit slower than devilspeed.l
oid1009
May 14th, 2004 at 10:33 pm
Sounds a little ominous to me: “Delivery” for a person in many cases means his/her death, so I woulnd’t be too happy about being wished a speedy delivery.
May 15th, 2004 at 1:16 pm
Or maybe they mistook me for being pregnant. Again.