Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US? I purposely didn't mention I O c o in my previous comment as I was aware of those In particular, c o has been used as long as I can remember But otherwise this suggests I was roughly correct Of course, it doesn't indicate what the abbreviations meant (e g A C - see prev comment ) I suppose also that w o would show up as both w o w ? –
writing style - What is the origin of shorthand for with - gt; w . . . 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
Is there a common abbreviation for with or without? e. g. w wo or w w o 👉 Baskets come w fries+slaw 👉 Naked dogs come w o buns 👉 Fries and rings available w±o salt And so you order yourself up: 1 redhot basket w rings 1 bratwurst basket w kraut 1 naked polish w chili 3 redhots w o onions 1 knockwurst w catsup
Are W and Y vowels? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Further complicating things, w has both voiced and unvoiced qualities, a result of the evolution of the Latin alphabet to replace runic alphabets in Germanic languages It also picked up other tricks; W in combination with H is usually unvoiced (though some dialects voice "wh" as if it were "w"), representing an unvoiced rounded lip alveolar
What does “w ” mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 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
为什么英语里， （斜杠）会用于单词缩写，例如 w 为什么是 with 的缩写？ - 知乎 这种斜杠缩写，比较常见的就是 w = with, w o = without 之类的，可能还有小伙伴在购房时看到过 w d = washer and dryer，洗衣间。a c = air conditioning, r c = remote control, n a = not applicable 之类的越来越多地用首字母缩写 AC RC 和 NA 表示了。
pronunciation vs spelling - Why is there a ‘w’ in the word ‘Answer . . . The w is not the result of purpose but of conventional retention of previous forms Etymonline com has “answer” as - Old English andswaru "a response, a reply to a question," from and- "against" (from PIE root *ant- "front, forehead," with derivatives meaning "in front of, before") + -swaru "affirmation," from swerian "to swear" (see swear), suggesting an original sense of "sworn statement