Talk:re

Text deleted from Lojban

Text deleted from Lojban: The cardinality of the set {0,1}; one plus one. The number of eyes that a typical human has. Represented in Roman numerals as II and in Arabic numerals as 2.

1. The ordinality of an element whose predecessor is first; usually called second but sometimes number two.

Preposition vs. abbreviation

The use of re as a preposition seems to me very uncommon, but re: and Re: abbreviations of course are everywhere. Should it be listed as an abbreviation separately? Also, as an abbreviation, it is something of an anomaly; it is never re. instead only re: exists in the wild. What's the best way to describe that? --Connel MacKenzie 20:47, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It's not an abbreviation. It is the Latin word rē with a colon afterwards. Shii 01:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Greek interjection

Greek interjections do not belong here. Greek interjections should be written in the Greek alphabet. Uncle G 18:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

RFM discussion: April–May 2020

See Talk:e re#RFM discussion: April–May 2020.

RFV discussion: September–October 2022

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re

Rfv-sense: reinsurance. This is in OED, but the only cites are the use of "Re" (with capital) in the names of publications or businesses. Can this be found in running text? If not I'd argue it isn't a word and/or should be moved to Re. This, that and the other (talk) 08:03, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Stelio our insurance guy. Equinox ◑ 02:45, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@This, that and the other: Agreed: "Re" is used in company names (as an abbreviation of "Reinsurance") but I've not heard it used in general speech to talk about reinsurance in lower case. People might talk about working in "re/insurance" or "(re)insurance" (to refer to reinsurance and/or insurance), but I don't talk about working in "re"; rather I work "in reinsurance" or "for a reinsurer". -Stelio (talk) 20:30, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@Stelio thanks for your valuable insight! Do you think this usage is worth an entry at Re? This, that and the other (talk) 05:52, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@This, that and the other: I think so, yes. It appears in many company names, and also the Flood Re UK government initiative (again, only as a proper noun). I can imagine people wondering what it means and looking it up here. -Stelio (talk) 20:36, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Added at Re. The lowercase version can be deleted after a month. This, that and the other (talk) 22:48, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

RFV-failed This, that and the other (talk) 05:10, 9 October 2022 (UTC)