• hddsx@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

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

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        13 hours ago

        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.

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          13 hours ago

          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.

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            12 hours ago

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

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              6 hours 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.