I get it, thanks!  I will just have to learn to be more cosmopolitan. (I
hope this doesn't make you feel bad Art...but I bet people still want
your input, regardless!)
 
makuabob wrote:
 
> Hi, Nora.
>
> The AW that you see on messages from Europe, especially the
> German-speaking countries, is a contraction of "Antwort" which
> means "Answer." (Guten tag, Helmut und Alle!) Their "Antwort" to
> our "Re:" for "Regarding" or "Reply" or "Replying to" or...
> Well, you get picture.
>
> Aloha,
>
> makuabob (a.k.a. Bob Dayle)
>
> Oh! I've just added an index of the maps used in the thirty years
> of Hawaiian Shell News. You'll find that handy if you want to
> know where you might be going on a trip -- and the article is
> right there with it!
>                         http://www.geocities.com/~makuabob/