Re: SV's, [despammed]'s, and other Thread-Killers

Hello,

Daniel skrev:

> > Why do a few of you place "SV" or "[despammed]" or what
> > have you into the subject line of a reply?  I have no idea
> > what "SV" might stand for, and the "[despammed]" label is
> > frequently incorrect.  As far as I can tell, all this serves
> > to do is mess up the threaded nature of discussions.
>
> I don't know about "[despammed]", but "SV" is common in Sweden,
> ever since some stupid translator thought "Re" meant "reply"
> and translated it into "svar" --> "SV"
Which seems to be a common mistake. The Russian FIDO used to make good
use of 'Otv:[et]', even though it is rarely if ever on the Internet.
Polish mailers, to my knowledge, widely use 'Odp[owiedz']' to this day.

> instead of "Ang.", (which doesn't work much better on an
> international list)
Is that supposed to mean 'angående'?

Pavel
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