I'm sure everyone has seen one or another form of it: a memo, post, or message with the obligatory 'to' and 'from' fields, followed by 'Re:' and then the subject of the message.
It's much more common online (in all the forum messages, usenet posts, etc.), so I'm not even sure whether it went from the virtual world into real life, or the other way around.
I always assumed Re stood for 'reply,' but I've been doubting this, because it's often used out of this context.
So, tell me, what does 're' stand for and (if it's something non-obvious) how did it originate?
2007-03-27
16:19:43
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