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Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US? 42 Both "w " and "w o" were common U S abbreviations in correspondence, and in tight spots on data tables, until recently "C o" has always been used in addressing letters to third parties: "John Jones, c o Smith family " The other "slash shilling mark" abbreviations were so uncommon that they usually were not used because of lack of clarity
Usage of the abbreviations w and w o in presentations I like to use the abbreviations "w " for "with" and "w o" for "without" on my powerpoint slides and also in emails According to this discussion Are "w o", "w ", "b c" common abbreviations in the US? the meaning of these abbreviations is well known in English speaking countries
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
What does “w ” mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The shorthand w is used to mean with 2 pieces toast w gravy Is a shorter way of writing "Two pieces of toast with gravy " The B strings tuned w low E 7th fret harmonic- (6th string,7th fret) means "The B strings tuned with low E, 7th fret harmonic " Edited to add: As Denis de Bernardy correctly notes in the comment below, w o means the opposite: without
Why does ow have two different sounds - English Language Usage . . . So the two main pronunciations of the "ow" digraph ( oʊ and aʊ ) generally have different historical origins (the first comes from the vowel "o" + the consonant "w," and the second from the French digraph <ou>, originally used in English to represent a long uː )
When is Y a vowel? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In school we are taught the vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y Today's XKCD got me thinking about when the letter Y is considered to be a vowel I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that in w
Pronunciation of w at the end of a word - and what does ʊ mean? w represents a consonant (a bilabial approximant); ʊ is a vowel They may be similar in realisation but they're different sounds and phonologically different (e g ʊ can occur between consonant clusters and form a syllable as in "pulled")
Why a slash in with abbreviation instead of a dot? [duplicate] For example: w - with w o - without w r t - with regards to c o - care of a c - air conditioning n a - not applicable FAA AST - Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation Is there a difference between abbreviations with periods and ones with slashes? Not an obvious one All of the Latin abbreviations (e g i e