What does means "Re: <slightly OT>...." in the subject ? ...

[Ric Moore]

On 09/26/2011 09:58 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 26 September 2011 14:52, Jaime Jaramillo
> <jaimejaramillo568 at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Sorry for the questions I´m newbie,  but: What does means "Re:<slightly
>> OT>...." in the subject ?.
>> thank you
>
> Re means "about" or "concerning"; it is normal put on the beginning of
> the suject of email replies. Short for the Latin phrase "in rē".
>
> OT means "off topic".
>
> Slightly means it's not /entirely/ off-topic. :¬)

<OT> would be to jabber on about the rain in the plains of Spain.
<slightly OT> would be to jabber about using Ubuntu at a Meteorological 
station, located at a plain in Spain. :) Ric
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