Re: About Aw: prefix (Was Re: rpmbuild -ba perl-Alien-Build.spec)

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On Thu Jul 23, 2026 at 11:46 AM CST, Thomas Cameron via users wrote:
> The German word for "reply" is Antwort (more literally "answer"). So=20
> while English speaker's email clients write "Re: [Subject]" on a reply,=
=20
> German speaker's email clients write "Aw: [Subject]."
>
> So when you get an English speaker answering a German speaker, you get=20
> "Re: Aw: Re: Aw: [Subject]." Great hilarity ensues.

Thanks for the explanation, and I appreciate you taking the time to
clarify.

Well, maybe the email client isn't smart enough to recognize an existing
"Re:" as a reply indicator, so it still adds its own "Aw:" on top.


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Mellvie


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