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minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agob/w can mean black and white or between depending on context.
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoYeah 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.
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIt’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.
minus-squarehddsx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoWhy is the w more important than the t, with the T representing the second syllable
minus-squaresem@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoIt 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.
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.