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Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US? I don't recall ever seeing w or b c I certainly wouldn't say that they are in common 'public' usage, and would suggest they are best reserved for private usage, note-taking, etc
writing style - What is the origin of shorthand for with - gt; w . . . 8 CyberDefinitions gives a plausible explanation: Although its origin is contested, w has been used at least since the rise of the fast-food industry in the 1950s As a form of shorthand to save time when writing down food orders, waiters replaced the words "with" and "without" with the abbreviations w and w o
Are W and Y vowels? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Vowels are always voiced, and have no attack of their own So, by this definition, yes, "y" and "w" can represent vowel sounds in words Usually, when they do represent vowels, they are used in conjunction with one or more other vowels to create a polypthong: "w" represents "oo" and "y" represents "ee"
What is the use of w as Semi-vowel? - English Language Usage Stack . . . Some prefer to analyze semivowels as approximants with vowel-like qualities (including diphthongization) or even nonsyllabic vowels because of the audible similarities In English, our semivowels ( w and j ) can only occur in the syllable onset, and when they appear to be in the coda from the orthography, they usually represent [ɪ̯] and [ʊ̯]