From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: A RE: SV: AW: "collapser", anyone...?
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:12:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <84isrnzo3o.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <r86cs9cy.fsf@asfast.com>
Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
> One small point: "re" indeed is latin, but it's use in email stems from
> a custom that existed long before the days of email, in written
> correspondence and reports, where the letters "re" abbreviated the
> English word "regarding". The correspondence of this abbreviation with
> the latin word "re" is coincidental.
The German AW appears to stand for Antwort, which means reply. It
seems the translators are confused ;-)
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Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-31 23:23 Steinar Bang
[not found] ` <hhhe7ak6ph.fsf@blah.pl>
2003-06-01 21:34 ` Steinar Bang
2003-06-01 21:51 ` Steinar Bang
2003-06-02 9:37 ` Niklas Morberg
[not found] ` <hhn0gy39il.fsf@blah.pl>
2003-06-04 7:33 ` Niklas Morberg
[not found] ` <hh8yshzuup.fsf@blah.pl>
2003-06-05 5:53 ` Steinar Bang
2003-06-05 6:48 ` Niklas Morberg
2003-06-09 20:26 ` Steinar Bang
2003-06-15 12:07 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-20 5:17 ` Steinar Bang
2003-06-15 12:06 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-05 17:25 ` A " Ted Stern
[not found] ` <hh7k7z4yeq.fsf@blah.pl>
2003-06-06 10:11 ` lawrence mitchell
[not found] ` <hhd6hpxel9.fsf@blah.pl>
2003-06-09 20:47 ` Steinar Bang
2003-06-04 13:56 ` A RE: SV: " Johan Bockgård
2003-06-02 16:10 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2003-06-02 17:00 ` Lloyd Zusman
2003-06-02 17:05 ` Lloyd Zusman
2003-06-02 17:50 ` Harry Putnam
2003-06-03 6:12 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2003-06-03 6:16 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-06-04 15:56 ` Martin Thornquist
2003-06-03 11:49 ` Colin Marquardt
2003-06-03 12:13 ` Norbert Koch
2003-06-04 5:34 ` Oystein Viggen
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