----- Original Message -----
From: "Juozas Rimas" <bong@...>
>> Re the [ʤ] in English "John".
>
>P.S. I'm not sure if I know what you meant by "re". Thanks.

"Re" is the same particle you find in the subject headers (up where it says
'Re: [phonet] Assimilation' etc.)

On the Internet it's usually parsed as "in reply to" (for that very reason)
but in office/corporate culture especially it's also a truncation of
'regarding'.



*Muke!

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