How so?
If you read 'Ltd.' aloud, would you say 'limited'? I put it to you that you would.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:16, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I didn't think it was an abbreviation of 'regarding'

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:20, Reply)

I didn't think you were an idiot, but you clearly are.

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:20, Reply)

It was pretty idiotic of you not to notice before.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:42, Reply)

What is it short for then?
It's possible I just assumed this many years ago and this has now become a 'fact' in my mind...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:21, Reply)

of course it's a fact

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:22, Reply)

He's got me doubting myself now Nakers!
Villainous midlander shitbag that he is...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:22, Reply)

Origin:
Latin, ablative of res 'thing'
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:23, Reply)

So when somebody replies to an email
entitled "Tangles is such a granola munching prick", the subject line then becomes "(Latin for) Thing: Tangles is such a granola munching prick?"

Well. You live and learn.
( Kroney, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:28, Reply)

He's a fucking 'thing' alright.
The 'thing' is question is

Cunt:
(Anglo Saxon: 'minge' or 'fanny')
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:32, Reply)

I thought copying me in on those emails was unnecessarily cruel.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:34, Reply)

It is, which is why it boils my piss
when people use it in speech.
( Kroney, Mon 12 Nov 2012, 12:25, Reply)