need help with an english phrase

I guess there's a phrase like "copy me on --something---" in English. I need to understand what that means.

here's the scenario: There are 2 people called x and y.

X, on his mail, says that I should to direct my inquiry (which is irrevelant for this thread) to Y via mail, and when I do so, I'm suppossed to "copy him (X) on the message."

what does this mean? My english is fairly good, but I cannot find this phrase anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by diskamyl
I guess there's a phrase like "copy me on X" in English. I need to understand what that means.

here's the scenario: There are 2 people called x and y.

X, on his mail, says that I should to direct my inquiry (which is irrevelant for this thread) to Y via mail, and when I do so, I'm suppossed to "copy him (X) on the message."

what does this mean? M ...[text shortened]... irly good, but I cannot find this phrase anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by diskamyl
I guess there's a phrase like "copy me on --something---" in English. I need to understand what that means.

here's the scenario: There are 2 people called x and y.

X, on his mail, says that I should to direct my inquiry (which is irrevelant for this thread) to Y via mail, and when I do so, I'm suppossed to "copy him (X) on the message."

what does ...[text shortened]... irly good, but I cannot find this phrase anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by Rene-Claude
It means 'send him (x) a copy of the message'

Originally posted by diskamyl
I guess there's a phrase like "copy me on --something---" in English. I need to understand what that means.

here's the scenario: There are 2 people called x and y.

X, on his mail, says that I should to direct my inquiry (which is irrevelant for this thread) to Y via mail, and when I do so, I'm suppossed to "copy him (X) on the message."

what does ...[text shortened]... irly good, but I cannot find this phrase anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Sounds like your english is better that X's mate. I'd PM back for clarification.

Originally posted by diskamyl
Normally I would ask for clarification, but this was kind of formal, so I hesitated.

Originally posted by diskamyl
I guess there's a phrase like "copy me on --something---" in English. I need to understand what that means.

here's the scenario: There are 2 people called x and y.

X, on his mail, says that I should to direct my inquiry (which is irrevelant for this thread) to Y via mail, and when I do so, I'm suppossed to "copy him (X) on the message."

what does ...[text shortened]... irly good, but I cannot find this phrase anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by mlprior
In your e-mail there should be a "CC" that means courtesy copy or "BCC" means blind courtesy copy so that no one else will know you are CC-ing that person. Very sneaky!

Or "copy me" could me "do you understand me". For example: "There's a smoky at mile marker 87, copy me" 😉

that BCC thing seems very handy. thanks everyone for their input. I copied X on the message. 🙂

Originally posted by diskamyl
that BCC thing seems very handy. thanks everyone for their input. I copied X on the message. 🙂

Originally posted by mlprior
In your e-mail there should be a "CC" that means courtesy copy or "BCC" means blind courtesy copy so that no one else will know you are CC-ing that person. Very sneaky!

Or "copy me" could me "do you understand me". For example: "There's a smoky at mile marker 87, copy me" 😉

Originally posted by st00p1dfac3
I thought "CC" came from "carbon copy" from the old days when you'd put the carbon paper in whilst typing in order to send the same message to more than one person...?

Originally posted by diskamyl
I guess there's a phrase like "copy me on --something---" in English. I need to understand what that means.

here's the scenario: There are 2 people called x and y.

X, on his mail, says that I should to direct my inquiry (which is irrevelant for this thread) to Y via mail, and when I do so, I'm suppossed to "copy him (X) on the message."

what does ...[text shortened]... irly good, but I cannot find this phrase anywhere. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Originally posted by mlprior
Yes, it [b]did mean carbon copy, in the old days. These are the new days so now it means courtesy copy.

🙂[/b]