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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meh.

Context tells you when a "." means 'end of sentence' and 'decimal point.'

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Context holds that you use a dash to mean “through” and a slash to mean “or” here.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

b/w can mean black and white or between depending on context.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why is the w more important than the t, with the T representing the second syllable

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

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.