AW: AW: AW: OT: what is "AW", was: revlet not only on on-rev? was: some HD fun (Klaus on-rev)

[Luis]

Hiya,

Before I apologised to everyone for incorrectly advising them that  
'Re' was short for 'Regarding' and 'Referencing' I checked Wiktionary:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/re

So it goes both ways, Re re.

Cheers,

Luis.


On 13 Nov 2009, at 08:42, David Glasgow wrote:

> And "re" is not an abbreviation of English "regarding" or "reply"  
> but a Latin word meaning "by the thing" (which follows).  Aside  
> from in email replies, the most common use is in the law, where  
> cases regarding children will be anonymised to a letter and be  
> reported "Re B"
>
> (Sorry to be a trifle nerdy, but I do a lot of courtwork)
>
> David Glasgow
>
> On 12 Nov 2009, at 10:30 pm, Jacques Haussewrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I did never notice... Do I guess right ?
>>
>> if people from California or Germany answer "Rép:" on my Swiss- 
>> french Mac, that means they are also using Apple's mail ? Well,  
>> they are a large majority...
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> Le 12 nov. 2009 à 19:09, Klaus on-rev a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Tiemo,
>>>
>>>> And Apple's Mail doesn't speak german? ;)
>>>
>>> it DOES, but in a bit more sophisticated way.
>>> "RE" might stand for "Replik", gelle?! :-D
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Klaus
>>> --
>>> Klaus Major
>>> http://www.major-k.de
>>> klaus at major.on-rev.com
>
>
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