Comment on Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?

• user134450@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  yeah this is a real pet peeve of mine.

  In German many people, web mailers and also sometimes even email software use “AW:” (short for AntWort) instead of “Re:” and then some of them don’t even recognize the existence of a previous “AW:” or “Re:” giving you such wondrous email subjects as: “AW: Re: AW: Re: AW: AW: Re: AW: Re: really important subject” 🤦

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  • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh, that totally works with a single language too: “Re: Re: Re:…” or “AW: AW: AW:…” seen both of that often enough.

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    • user134450@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      yes indeed. i keep being confused how email can still suck so much sometimes when it had decades to mature.

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      • squaresinger@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Massive amounts of federation ;)

        It’s really hard to get thousands of software development companies, hundreds of thousands of hosters and billions of users to unitedly go for a new thing.

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  • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “AW: Re: AW: Re: AW: AW: Re: AW: Re:

    Ah, yes, you get forwards from my boomer-aged father, too!

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  • Taniwha420@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The Foreword? Or is that answer? Forward in English would be the author’s message at the beginning of a book.

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