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

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

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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
>> [hidden email]

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

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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
>>> [hidden email]
>
>
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David Glasgow

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

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In reply to this post by David Glasgow

I prefer Wikipedia ;-)

..... but of course, there comes a point where Latin tyrants have to
surrender to the democracy of usage.

David G

On 13 Nov 2009, at 5:38 pm, Luis wrote:

> From: Luis <[hidden email]>
> Date: 13 November 2009 9:56:50 am GMT
> To: How to use Revolution <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: AW: AW: AW: OT: what is "AW", was: revlet not only on
> on-rev? was: some HD fun (Klaus on-rev)
> Reply-To: How to use Revolution <[hidden email]>
>
>
> 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: