Meanings
nounletter column (plural letter columns)
plural letter columns
- A section of a periodical in which the letters of readers are published.
A prozine without a letter column is a fakezine, and no trufan will buy one.
1958, Ralph Merridette Holland, Ghu's Lexicon, page 31 more example
Gernsback's second response to his readership was to establish a letter column, called 'Discussions', which became a regular feature from the January 1927 issue.
2000, Michael Ashley, The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, volume 1, →ISBN, page 53
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 讀者來信欄 /读者来信栏
- 讀者來信欄 /读者来信栏 (dúzhěláixìnlán)section
German Leserbriefspalte
- Leserbriefspaltesection
Romanian poșta redacției
- poșta redacțieisection
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Chicago
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