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 <l...@anachreon.co.uk>
Date: 13 November 2009 9:56:50 am GMT
To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com>
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 <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com>
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:
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