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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
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"
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
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 is a w a Double u, but an m is not a Double n? Good question, indeed The quick answer is that he is thinking visually instead of orally As Wikipedia states, w derives from a u sound, but m does not derive from n The happenstance of the visual representation is mere coincidence
Difference between OK and okay - English Language Usage Stack . . . O K was probably the first spelling (and there are dozens of theories about its origin) OK is an obvious shortening, maybe by somebody who had only heard the phrase But ok would be something different, perhaps a small okapi That's what your spellchecker thought wasn't okay Edit: O K is pronounced 'okay', and so is OK But ok would be pronounced 'ock'