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Chat Thread: Windy’s the pirate pilot of this Chat, if he gets with the ultraviolet dream.

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Got 45/46 on the first pass. Gave up with 2 minutes left because I couldn't think of Taylor's VP and successor of all people.
 
ok I got a common usage fuckup that pissed me off twice this morning. Example below from an ANONYMOUS poster on a different thread, but it's very common on here and I've previously held my tongue but today was too much

the faithful but not slavish attention to detail re: the games is pretty incredible.
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why, why "re:" ?

Are you sending an email? Why have you added a colon? Be like diggler and excise the colon

The word you want, dear anonymous poster and two emailers from this morning is

re

Just re. It's a preposition meaning "concerning" or "about" or "in the matter of"
 
wakephan09 said:
ok I got a common usage fuckup that pissed me off twice this morning. Example below from an ANONYMOUS poster on a different thread, but it's very common on here and I've previously held my tongue but today was too much



why, why "re:" ?

Are you sending an email? Why have you added a colon? Be like diggler and excise the colon

The word you want, dear anonymous poster and two emailers from this morning is

re

Just re. It's a preposition meaning "concerning" or "about" or "in the matter of"
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omg
 
cookoutdeac said:
so @wakephan09 re usage of "re", i'd just type it like that, no colon necessary?!

is it pronounceed "ree" still?
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I'm not entirely sure if the "Re:" that signals email replies is the same. I suspect it is short for "Response" or "Reply". So you could probably pronounce that abbreviation "ree" if you needed for some reason to read it aloud.
 
Sry Pham had to
TimmyClutch said:
I am legitimately excited about name ideas, so please make sure I am not disappointed by Coyotes or Eagles.
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SLC had a pretty good minor league years ago named the golden eagles.

I am thinking it’s going to end up being the Utah Yeti or something like that. I wish they’d go cutthroats but probably not a great name considering the risk of getting your throat cut in hockey
 
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