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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: "Re: " in KMail
From:       Michael =?iso-8859-1?q?H=E4ckel?= <Michael () Haeckel ! Net>
Date:       2001-05-24 19:03:43
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On Thursday, 24. May 2001 19:34, Federico Cozzi wrote:
>
> BTW, I just discoverd "Re: " comes from Latin - what a shame, I didn't
> spot it! (5 years latin at high school)

No, "Re" comes from card playing.
If a party believes to win and wants to play about twice as much money, it 
says "Contra", if the other party is still sure to win it replies saying "Re" 
and then things go on like "Sup", "Resup", "Hirsch", "Bock".

Regards,
Michael Häckel

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