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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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