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Monday or Friday?
Who interprets a slash as “through”? Does M/W/F mean Monday through Wednesday through Friday then?
I agree, to me it reads "monday and/or friday"
It all depends on what the person modifying the sign had available. Having been that person, you work with what you got....
Meh.
Context tells you when a "." means 'end of sentence' and 'decimal point.'
Context holds that you use a dash to mean “through” and a slash to mean “or” here.
b/w can mean black and white or between depending on context.
Yeah well the other meaning I can see is motherfucker.
Also, I hate b/w for between. It doesn’t make sense. It’s not bet ween. It’s be tween.
It's a semi arbitrary symbol for speeding up handwriting. It's just supposed to be recognizable, connecting the two most important letters. Which it does well.
Why is the w more important than the t, with the T representing the second syllable
It just makes more sense to me. The w sound is longer and more important imo but I wouldn't be mad if you did shorthand a different way.