"re:" [was: Re: [plug] re: replacing text in search]

[James Devenish]

In message <sf2bb83d.079 at mmtnetworks.com.au>
on Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 01:10:10PM +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
> use re: meaning regards/regarding

True! (I think it's derived from the Latin *noun* "res".) However, there
is a "jargonistic" meaning to "Re:" when it is used in e-mail. Despite
the fact that "Re." in e-mail is supposed to stand for the same thing as
"Re." in paper correspondence, it is actually used as though it is short
for "Reply".