Re

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created by dem bones
(person) by Woundweavr (4.2 y) (print)   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:18:44
The 10th letter in the Arabic alphabet. Pronounced like an r.
(idea) by Uberfetus (4.6 y) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Sun Apr 29 2001 at 6:00:33
The shorthand "RE:", though almost universally associated with English words such as "regarding ", "referring" and "response", actually comes from the Latin in re, approximately meaning "in this matter."

It's supposed to be pronounced RAY. Who would have guessed?

(idea) by Jargon (2.1 y) (print)   (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 14:55:00
rc file = R = read-only user

RE /R-E/ n.

Common spoken and written shorthand for regexp.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:29:05

Re (r&amac;). [It.] Mus.

A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale.

 

© Webster 1913.

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