Why is the anacronym E/// used to indicate Erricson?
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and better yet, why is the acronym M used at McDonald's?
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Could it be that they're using Eng (US) rather than Eng (UK)?  Being a Brit, I'd write "misspelt" rather than "misspelled" - but this wouldn't be incorrect.  I think we all have our favourite (favorite?) hates in written English, but we mustn't let this affect our blood pressure!
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It's Latin for id est (literally 'that is').  It typically means 'for example' when used in English.
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According to common knowledge are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y as in sky, fly, cry, etc.  (when it makes the i. sound)\n"A letter, such as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y in the English alphabet, that represents a vowel."\n\nhowever... there are a couple of rare, rare instances: "Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that "oo" stands for in the words boom and booth."
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It means "about" or "roughly."\n\nFor example:\nThe world population is ~6.5 Billion.\n\nOnline it's used for lots of things, including making decorative section breaks, such as this:\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nIf it's on top of a letter, such as with "ñ" or "Ñ," then it's an accent mark. (FYI - you can make these characters by holding the "Alt" key while entering the numbers "164" or "165," respectively.\n\nHope this helps.
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Swede/Swedish to Sweden?\n\nThe suffix -en is usually added to verbs (tighten, fasten) or adjectives (wooden, earthen), not nouns.\n\nPerhaps it is a typo and should have been "er," which is a noun suffix (runner, talker, farmer) or "ence," which is also a noun suffix (imminence, intelligence). \n\nYou're not by any chance doing German homework, are you? German adds -en to a number of nationalities to derive the name of the location (Schweden, Polen).
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Because of its source:\n\nMiddle English abbreviaten, from Late Latin abbrevire, abbrevit-  : ad-, ad- + brevire, to shorten (from brevis, short. See mregh-u- in Indo-European Roots).
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Is this some sort of weird homework question? Because if you did that while at work, someone needs to smack you.\n\nThink of it this way: the *s cancel out the &s, and if you do that, you're left with **q, which = &p, et cetera.
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i.e. stands for the Latin phrase "id est", meaning "that is".  I'm responding to your question, i.e., I'm answering it.
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I've never seen such a thing on a legal document. /s/ is used to indicate there is a signature on an original, but the copy does not include the signature. /s/ is now used for electronic filing in the US Bankruptcy courts when followed by the printed name.\n\n"ss" is used after a county name to indicate it is a county, e.g., Worcester, ss - there is no period after "ss" because it is not an abbreviation.
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The symbol is called an ampersand.  It's use goes back to Latin.  It was a combination of the letters E and T from the Latin word et meaning and.  You might do a search on the name ampersand for more details.
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Sweetheart, different sources use different abreviations. Can you type out specifically what they are? Then I might be able to help you.
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$%^&*$%^*(())^%^% \nthese symbols don't really mean anything. usually people use them when they are speechless, or doesn't know how to respond to a comment or retort. KIND OF like when you're mad you say "shit" or "fuck". But instead of using these terms in the comic books, they use these symbols.
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It's called an "underscore"
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Because the word is E-leven, not A-leven, I-leven, O-leven, U-leven, or sometimes Y-leven.  Geesh.  Isn't that obvious?
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O.K. - \nabbreviation of "oll korrect", alteration of "all correct" : all right. Mutilple emails (see contrib list) have indicated that the abreviation O.K. was not an english expression, they claim that the term came from the germans during the W W II, because the merchandise that they used in war was revised and stamp with a seal stating OLL KORRECT, so the abreviation for those words were O.K. \n\n\n:)\n\nhey your avatar is similar to mines! :)
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Not 'E', look at the question. It's 'e'.